hyperpower

plural hyperpowers

1. international relationsAn international hegemon, more powerful than a superpower.

   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, Old Problems”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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   “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.

   2009 January 21, John F. Burns, “Obama Promises the World a Renewed America”, in New York Times

   Synonyms: omnipower

2. mathematicsTetration.