different between hegemony vs homogeneous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (h?gemonía, “supremacy or leadership, chief command”), from ?????? (h?gem?n, “a leader, guide, commander, chief”), from ??????? (h?géomai, “to lead”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h????m.?.ni/, /h??d??m.?.ni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /h??d??m.?.ni/, /?h?d?.(?).mo?.ni/

Noun

hegemony (countable and uncountable, plural hegemonies)

1. (formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
2. Dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group or hegemon acquires some degree of consent from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force.

   • ie: internationally among nation-states, and regionally over social classes, between languages or even culture.

     eg: The two political parties battled viciously for hegemony.

Derived terms

• hegemonism
• hegemonist
• hegemonize

Related terms

• hegemon
• hegemonic

Translations

Further reading

• hegemony in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• hegemony in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• "hegemony" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 144.

English

Alternative forms

• homogenous (may be considered incorrect; see usage note at homogenous)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin homogeneus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (homogen?s, “of the same race, family or kind”), from ???? (homós, “same”) + ????? (génos, “kind”). Compare homo- (“same”) and -ous (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?.m?(?)?d?i?.n??s/, /?h??.m?(?)?d?i?.n??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ho?.mo??d?i?.nj?s/, /?ho?.m??d?i?.nj?s/, /?ho?.mo??d??.nj?s/

Adjective

homogeneous (not comparable)

1. Of the same kind; alike, similar.
2. Having the same composition throughout; of uniform make-up.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25:

     Their citizens were not of homogeneous origin, but were from all parts of Greece.

3. (chemistry) in the same state of matter.
4. (mathematics) Of which the properties of a smaller set apply to the whole; scalable.

   The function ${\displaystyle f(x,y)=x^{2}+y^{2}}$ is homogeneous of degree 2 because ${\displaystyle f(\alpha x,\alpha y)=\alpha ^{2}f(x,y)}$.

Antonyms

• heterogeneous

Derived terms

Related terms

• homogeneity
• homogenise, homogenize

Translations

Further reading

• homogeneous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• homogeneous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• homogeneous at OneLook Dictionary Search