指導権

しどうけん【指導権】

leadership; hegemony.

●レーニンの死後スターリンの指導権が確立した. Stalin established his hegemony [took over power] after Lenin's death.

●指導権の低下 a decline in the quality of leadership.

●指導権を握る[掌握する] assume [take over] the leadership

・指導権を争う[失う] struggle for [lose] hegemony [the leadership]; struggle over [lose] the leadership.

指導権争い 《intensification of》 a leadership struggle.