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hegemony
/hiˈdʒɛməni/
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Stress JEM in the middle.
Use the j of jam for g. Keep the opening hee and final two syllables lighter.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The empire sought hegemony over the region.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does hegemony mean?
noun
- Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
/hiˈdʒɛməni/
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/hɪˈd͡ʒɛ.mə.ni//ˈhɛ.d͡ʒə.moʊ.ni/
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The Sumerian conception of a series of supreme Antediluvian rulers is of course merely a reflection from the historical period, when the hegemony in Babylonia was contested among the city-states.
It had come under the Prussian hegemony quite late in history--hardly fifty years before the fine summer day when Flambeau and Father Brown found themselves sitting in its gardens and drinking its beer.