hegemonisticadj.
/hᵻɡɛməˈnɪstɪk/, /hᵻdʒɛməˈnɪstɪk/, /hɛɡəməˈnɪstɪk/, /hɛdʒəməˈnɪstɪk/, U.S. /həˌdʒɛməˈnɪstɪk/, /ˌhɛdʒəməˈnɪstɪk/ Of or relating to hegemonism; seeking or exercising political or social hegemony.
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constitutionary1716
grand-ducalist1864
hegemonistic1875
regionalist1899
hegemonial1908
plutodemocratic1934
1875 tr. ‘G. Samarow’ For Sceptre & Crown I. v. 137 Called upon to be a powerful and independent barrier against Prussia's hegemonistic [Ger. hegemonistischen] struggles, Hanover was yet left too weak through the diplomacy of the Vienna congress.
1926 Times 11 June 20/5 The other States can extend their dominion over a fifth of the globe, like England, or seek to obtain an influence in every continent, like France, and yet are free from ‘hegemonistic ambitions’.
1971 Times of India 29 Dec. 14/4 Russia today charged China with consistently trying to weaken and isolate India with a view to furthering its own hegemonistic designs in India.
1995 K. Barlow in N. C. Lutkehaus & P. B. Roscoe Gender Rituals 89 Prestige criteria provide men and women..with arguments to offset hegemonistic claims by either gender.
2012 Guardian (Nexis) 19 June But with the grace of God, efforts being made by all the hegemonistic powers to force the Iranian nation out of the scene will certainly be futile.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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