hyperpower

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English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ power.

Noun

hyperpower (plural hyperpowers)

  1. (international relations) An international hegemon, more powerful than a superpower.
    • 2009 January 21, John F. Burns, “Obama Promises the World a Renewed America”, in New York Times:
      “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.
    • 2015 January 1, Steven Erlanger, “New Year, Old Problems”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      The hegemony of the United States, which Hubert Védrine, a former French foreign minister, liked to call the world’s “hyperpower,” is increasingly questioned, even ignored.
  2. (mathematics) Tetration.

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