different between megalomania vs hegemony

English

Etymology

First attested in 1890, from French mégalomanie; Surface etymology is megalo- +? -mania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???lo??me?ni?/, /?m???lo??me?nj?/
• Rhymes: -e?ni?

Noun

megalomania (countable and uncountable, plural megalomanias)

1. A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
2. (obsolete) narcissistic personality disorder.
3. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.

Synonyms

• (psychopathological condition): delusion of grandeur

Derived terms

• megalomaniac
• megalomaniacal

Translations

Italian

Etymology

megalo- +? mania

Noun

megalomania f (plural megalomanie)

1. megalomania

Related terms

• megalomane

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.?a.l??ma.?a/

Noun

megalomania f

1. megalomania

Synonym: megaloma?stwo

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) megaloman, megalomanka
• (adjective) megaloma?ski

Further reading

• megalomania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

megalomania f (plural megalomanias)

1. megalomania (condition characterised by delusional fantasies of wealth, power or omnipotence)

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.