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world power

noun

: a country that is powerful enough to affect the entire world by its influence or actions

Full Definition of WORLD POWER

:  a political unit (as a nation or state) powerful enough to affect the entire world by its influence or actions
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First Known Use of WORLD POWER

1860

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