Noun

(hegemonies) (wikipedia hegemony)

(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.

ie: internationally among nation-states, and regionally over social classes, between languages or even culture.

eg: The two political parties battled viciously for hegemony .

Noun

(hierarchies)

A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington

, title= Keeping the mighty honest , passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy : at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.}}

Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.