Hegemony vs Unipolar - What's the difference?
hegemony | unipolar |
(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.
Having a single pole.
* {{quote-news, 2008, Dec. 31, Michael Kinsley, The Bush Presidency, Eight Years Later, Time
, passage=All that talk of one superpower -- us -- bestriding a "unipolar " world seems as dated as Seinfeld reruns.}}
(psychology, medicine) Not both depressive and manic; not bipolar.
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As a noun hegemony
is (formal) domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.As an adjective unipolar is
having a single pole.hegemony
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(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
* *unipolar
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