posthegemony

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noun

The theory that hegemony and ideology of discourse can no longer properly reflect the social order. Posthegemony also finds that history is not, as Karl Marx described it, a class struggle, but rather a "struggle to produce class".http://www.doi.org/10.1111/1470-9856.00067

OriginEnglish hegemony ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste →
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Meanings

nounposthegemony (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe theory that hegemony and ideology of discourse can no longer properly reflect the social order. Posthegemony also finds that history is not, as Karl Marx described it, a class struggle, but rather a "struggle to produce class".http://www.doi.org/10.1111/1470-9856.00067

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishhegemony
  8. Englishposthegemony

From post- + hegemony.

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posthegemony. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/posthegemony

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“posthegemony.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/posthegemony. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “posthegemony,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/posthegemony.

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