hyperpower

An international hegemon, more powerful than a superpower.

Noun

  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...
    • 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. - 2015 January 1, Steven Erlanger, “New Year,...
  2. Tetration.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Italic *som Proto-Italic *possom Latin posseder. Vulgar Latin potēre Old French pooir Anglo-Norman poerbor. Middle English power English power English hyperpower From hyper- + power.

Forms

hyperpowers

Synonyms

omnipower