单词 | hegemonic |
释义 | hegemonicadj.n. A. adj. Ruling, leading, supreme; acting as a hegemon; (now esp.) of, relating to, or assuming political or social hegemony, hegemonistic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > most important > of things principalc1300 principal1417 supremec1550 capital1597 hegemonic1656 vital1810 big time1914 high-level1947 society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > of controlling or predominating influence regitive?a1425 reigninga1500 reignative1532 overruling1586 predominating1595 hegemonicala1602 regnant1604 dominating1611 ruling1652 presiding1653 hegemonic1656 over-ruly1657 regulant1677 in the ascendanta1698 overriding1830 octopean1896 hegemoniac1959 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. viii. 113 The Supream or Hegemonick part of the Soul. 1701 J. Edwards Free Disc. conc. Truth & Error iv. 101 The great Hegemonick Faculty in them [sc. brains] is so shatter'd that they can give but a lame account of the Objects before them. 1800 J. Johnstone Med. Jurisprudence 2 All maniacs have a predominant idea, which..is hegemonic in most of their propositions. 1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Hegemonic Hegemonic functions, the functions of the highest value in the animal economy. 1893 T. H. Huxley Evol. & Ethics 26 The one supreme hegemonic faculty..the pure reason. 1915 Rep. 19th Ann. Meeting State Bar Assoc. Indiana 161 Some of the Latin American people are quick to interpret this European figment as demonstrating hegemonic pretensions on the part of the United States. 1952 tr. J. Broz Tito in Life 12 May 149/1 I believe that peace is mostly endangered by hegemonic ideas in the world, and that these are especially reflected in the policies of the Soviet Union. 1986 J. Mitchell Reflections on Twenty Years of Feminism in J. Mitchell & A. Oakley What is Feminism? 46 Is the claimed increase of women into production a largely middle-class phenomenon that casts its hegemonic mantle over other women's invisibility? 2010 Daily Tel. 9 Aug. 19/4 I have long advocated the need for Britain to give up its pretence of being a hegemonic power. B. n. The ruling or supreme part, the master principle. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > controlling or prevailing influence of something regimenta1393 reignc1450 hegemoniac1656 hegemonic1656 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. viii. 62 Vertue being a quodammodotative Hegemonick, and vertuous action being an operation according to vertue. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 3 In Animals the Members are not determined by themselves, but by that which is the Hegemonick in every one. ?1705 W. Coward Just Scrutiny i. 55 The Principle and Root of the Marrow is in the Brain, wherein is the Hegemonick of the Soul. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. 426 Chrysippus, who placed the hegemonic or master-principle of the soul, in the heart. 2011 Notes & Queries Sept. 468/1 Gopal is at her best for reading novels for the many ways in which they counter or consolidate the national hegemonic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1656 |
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