powernoun(PERSON WITH CONTROL)

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superpower | American Dictionary

superpower
noun[ C ]
us/ˈsu·pərˌpɑʊ·ər/
any of the few countries considered to be among the most powerful in the world:
a military/economic superpower

superpower | Business English

superpower
noun[ C ]
 POLITICSuk /ˈsuːpəˌpaʊər/us
one of the countries of the world that has the most power and influence:
India, Russia, and China are all aspiring global superpowers.
an economic/energy superpower
emerge as/become a superpowerIf Europe is to become a superpower, European unity is required.

Examples of superpower

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They nonetheless provided a useful and generally accurate overview of the foreign policy agendas harboured by the superpowers and claimant nations.
Multinational companies have always been regarded as self-interested superpowers that profit by exploiting the resources of developing countries.
In the end, neither the support of the superpowers nor the oil billions could save it.
The ending of the superpower stand-off, however, has aggravated conditions that contribute to ethnic rivalry and tension.
The return to more ' conventional ' international politics with the demise of superpower competition has not, however, automatically led to rational policy development.
Unfortunately the era of cooperation was doomed as these two historically contemporary superpowers became engrossed in an increasingly lengthy series of campaigns for supremacy.
The flow of economic aid from the two superpowers was highly uneven.
Using the same term to implicate a superpower is questionable, at best.
It provided a glimmer of hope that the superpowers' conflict was not destined to engulf the whole planet.
Central to bipolarity was the willingness of the two superpowers to devote extensive resources to foreign and security policy.
Two post-revisionist superpowers emerged to dominate the debate.
Subsequently, from 1948 until 1989, the superpower system preserved borders which make no sense on any reasonable construal of national 'self-determination'.
One of the reasons why small state theory has fallen into neglect is that all states are small to the superpowers.
External support, especially from the superpowers, was needed to lessen this isolation, and the policy of non-identification was designed to maximize external support.
This pattern of militarization must be viewed as a manifestation of the wider interstate relations and competition between the superpowers.
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