Word: posthegemony
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pos
the
ge
mo
ny
Definition: The theory that hegemony and ideology of discourse can no longer properly reflect the social order. Posthegemony also finds that history is not, as Karl Marx described it, a class struggle, but rather a "struggle to produce class".[]
Morphemes:
Affix: post-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: after, later
Etymology Compounds: Affix: post
Language: la
Decoded: post
Meaning: after, behind
Affix: hegemony
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group or hegemon acquires some degree of consent from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἡγέομαι
Language: grc
Decoded: egeomai
Meaning: to lead
Affix: -μων
Language: grc
Decoded: -mon
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms agent nouns and adjectives.
Affix: -ία
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns