Other forms: superpowers
A superpower is a state powerful enough to shape world events. The two superpowers, a rising superpower, superpower rivalry.
It means power in every dimension at once — military, economic and cultural — which is why the list has always been very short. The word was coined in 1944, and in comics a superpower is a character's extraordinary ability, which is now the commoner use.
1nounsuperpowerA state powerful enough to shape world events.
“During the Cold War, the two superpowers competed to be the first to reach space.”
superpower is a state.
Super plus power, coined in 1944 to describe the states expected to dominate after the war.
Latin
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English, today
superpower
Built from
From super + power. super comes from super-, from Middle English super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”). a doublet of over and hyper.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA