hegemony

primary dominance, leadership, or influence over others, especially as exercised by one nation.

The military supremacy of the United Nations hegemony can scarcely be challenged.

by Dr. Dave January 8, 2004

hegemony

How the gardeners will take over the world

"How did that gardener pay for those guns?"
"Hegemony"

by Pedant March 28, 2005

Hegemony

See under 'USA foreign policy'

For proof, pick a country and investigate the USA in relation to this country.

...haven't learn't there are other countries other than the USA? ...try investigating USA hegemony in Nicaragua.

by Peter Kropotkin suggests Mutual Aid December 6, 2006

hegemony

n. Curious social contagion in which people inexplicably refuse to dance to Billy Idol music.

The reunion DJ was having a great set until he played "White Wedding," and hegemony cleared thd dance floor.

by T*MMY June 14, 2024

Hegemony Bias

A bias and meta-bias that combines objectivity bias (thinking one's views are objective), neutrality bias (thinking one's position is neutral), impartiality bias (thinking one's judgments are impartial), and normality bias (thinking one's way is normal) into a unified framework of assumed superiority. Hegemony Bias is the cognitive architecture of cultural dominance: the assumption that one's own perspective is not just a perspective but the perspective—objective, neutral, impartial, normal. Everyone else is biased, partial, interested, deviant. Hegemony Bias makes its holders incapable of seeing themselves as others see them, incapable of recognizing their own position as a position. It's the bias of empire, of privilege, of power that has become invisible to itself.

Example: "He thought his views were objective, his position neutral, his judgments impartial, his way normal. Hegemony Bias had made his perspective invisible to him—not a perspective at all, just reality. Everyone else was biased; he was just correct. The bias was invisible to him, which is how it worked."

by Dumu The Void March 10, 2026

Hegemony of Science

A critical metascientific framework that examines how science functions as a dominant cultural force, exercising authority over other ways of knowing and shaping what counts as legitimate knowledge in modern societies. Drawing on Gramsci's concept of hegemony, this framework analyzes how scientific ways of knowing have achieved such dominance that they appear natural, inevitable, and universal—not one knowledge system among many but the standard against which all knowledge is measured. The hegemony of science operates through institutions (education, media, policy), through language (what counts as "scientific" versus "unscientific"), and through the internalization of scientific standards by the public (the belief that science is the only reliable path to truth). It examines how this hegemony marginalizes other knowledge systems—indigenous knowledge, traditional ecological knowledge, experiential knowledge, religious knowledge—not through explicit coercion but through the quiet assumption that science is simply how rational people know things. Understanding the hegemony of science is essential for understanding knowledge politics, epistemic justice, and the possibilities for cognitive diversity.

Example: "Her hegemony of science analysis showed how traditional healing practices are systematically delegitimized—not because they don't work, but because they don't fit scientific standards of evidence. Science's hegemony means that other ways of knowing must be validated by science to count at all."

by Dumu The Void March 16, 2026

corporate hegemony

Corporate influence over the masses. The ultimate goal is to have the masses, or sheeple if you would, completely stripped of critical thinking so that we can be controlled and manipulated like consumer puppets. Have us all addicted to pop culture and media so that we never question what our fearless leaders in Washington and Wall Street are doing to better themselves at our expense.

Here you go Martha and Jed, have another sip of the corporate hegemony Kool-Aid. You wouldn't want to actually get your news from an unreliable source that is not owned by MSM corporate interests would you? Don't go all conspiracy-theory on me now; don't forget we have plenty of TV to watch tonight .... you know how I can't stand where I actually have to think for myself.

by TruthseekingMerican November 25, 2013