Hegemony vs Ascendancy - What's the difference?
hegemony | ascendancy |
(formal) 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.
The process or period of one's ascent
Supremacy; superiority; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant
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A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century
* [W. B. Yeats] belonged not to the ascendancy class but to the protestant bourgeoisie.'' – Terry Eagleton, ''New Left Review , 1975
As nouns the difference between hegemony and ascendancy
is that hegemony is domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others while ascendancy is the process or period of one's ascent.hegemony
English
Noun
(hegemonies) (wikipedia hegemony)- ie: internationally among nation-states, and regionally over social classes, between languages or even culture.
- eg: The two political parties battled viciously for hegemony .
Derived terms
* hegemonism * hegemonistExternal links
* *ascendancy
English
(wikipedia ascendancy)Alternative forms
* ascendencyNoun
(ascendancies)citation, page= , passage=Spurs ended the half in the ascendancy and Van der Vaart was again inches away from giving them the lead when he met Bale's cross but his header flew wide.}}