覇権|はけんhaken[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- no-adjectivehegemony
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym支配権しはいけんWrittenWritten/formal prose. The right to control or rule a thing or territory, often legal; 「覇権」 is the power to dominate among rival forces.
- Related支配力しはいりょくNeutralNeutral. The power to control or influence people or things; it has no nuance of supremacy or taking a title, which 「覇権」 can have.
- Antonym従属じゅうぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Being controlled by and dependent on another; it stands opposite the dominance expressed by 「覇権」.
Use 「覇権」 for domination among nations or companies, or for winning a competition, as in 「覇権を握る」. For control in the ordinary sense say 「支配権」; the opposite of 「覇権」 is 「従属」.
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