Hyperpower

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An international hegemon, more powerful than a superpower.

    "“We have entered a period of historical transition in which the United States will become first among equals, rather than […] hyperpower and unquestioned hegemon,” said Timothy Garton Ash, a professor of European studies at Oxford."

  2. 2
    Tetration.

Example

More examples

"Is China in a hyperpower phase?"

Etymology

From hyper- + power.

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