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Word of the Day – Hegemony

  • Noun: HegemonyIRAQI MCDONALDS
    1. preponderant influence or authority over others :  domination <battled for hegemony in Asia>
    2. the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group
  •  Synonyms:
    1. leadership
    2. dominance
    3. dominion
    4. supremacy
    5. authority
    6. mastery
    7. control
    8. power
    9. sway
    10. rule
    11. sovereignty
  • Usage:
  • “Yet, in an American context, we face again a hegemony that allows us to narrate a single Jewish memory, i.e., a European one. ”

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Word of the Day – Rhapsody

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  •  Noun: Rhapsody
    1. an effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling. “rhapsodies of praise”
    2. a free instrumental composition in one extended movement, typically one that is emotional or exuberant in character
    3. (in ancient Greece) an epic poem, or part of it, of a suitable length for recitation at one time
  • Synonyms:
    1. cloud nine
    2. elatedness
    3. elation
    4. euphoria
    5. exhilaration
    6. heaven
    7. high
    8. intoxication
    9. paradise
    10. rapture
  • Usage:

“The accountant was in a state of rhapsody as the calculator whirled adding up the long line of figures representing billable hours.”

  • Encountered:

I saw the word on a vanity plate

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