hegemony
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While both governments oppose what they view as "Western hegemony", their approaches to this can diverge.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Gorsuch, Neil M. T. “Overcoming a hegemony of ideas,” Columbia Spectator, Feb. 25, 1987.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
That hegemony was the result of the settlement that followed the Greco-Persian wars, which ended with Persia’s defeat at Plataea in 479 B.C.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
It’s a potent reminder of Western European hegemony.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026
In the third century BC the era of Greek hegemony was over.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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