Word: hegemony
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: he
gem
o
ny
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
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