hegemony
hih-JEM-uh-neenounMeaning dominance of one group or nation over others
Memory hook HEDGE-EMONY: one hedge takes over. One giant hedge spreads over the whole street until every garden sits in its shade. That hedge’s hegemony is complete.
For centuries the city held hegemony over trade on the river.
In context The kingdom never conquered its small neighbors, but its hegemony was clear: its coins, its laws and its fleet set the terms that everyone else had to follow.
Similar dominance, supremacy, control, leadership
From Greek hegemonia, “leadership,” from hegemon (leader).