great power

Great Power

n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a nation that has exceptional political influence, resources, and military strength

Great′ Pow′er

n. (sometimes l.c.) a nation that has exceptional military and economic strength, and consequently plays a major, often decisive, role in international affairs.

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great power - a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the worldmajor power, superpower, world power, powerbody politic, country, nation, res publica, commonwealth, state, land - a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"hegemon - a leading or paramount power