hegemonical

English

Etymology

From hegemony +‎ -ical.

Adjective

hegemonical (comparative more hegemonical, superlative most hegemonical)

  1. Leading; controlling; predominant.
    • 1862, Nathaniel Culverwell, Of the Light of Nature:
      The principal and hegemonical power of the soul the Stoics situated in the heart
    • 1973, Klaus Knorr, Power and Wealth:
      supremacy in an area that the hegemonical state controls fundamentally by coercive power
    • 2005, Hawkling Lugine Yen, A Survey of Constitutional Development in China:
      the hegemonical princes crushed assassins and murderers, restored legitimate but displaced princes to power
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