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WORLD POWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does world power mean?
• WORLD POWER (noun)
The noun WORLD POWER has 1 sense:
1. a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
Familiarity information: WORLD POWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
great power; major power; power; superpower; world power
Hypernyms ("world power" is a kind of...):
body politic; commonwealth; country; land; nation; res publica; state (a politically organized body of people under a single government)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "world power"):
hegemon (a leading or paramount power)
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