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Great Power

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Great Power
n.
One of the nations having great political, social, and economic influence in international affairs.
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Noun1.Great Powergreat power - a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
major power, superpower, world power, power
body 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


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Alexey Alexandrovitch, a man of great power in the world of politics, felt himself helpless in this.
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It was, however, surrounded by a high wall, and no one dared to go into it because it belonged to an enchantress, who had great power and was dreaded by all the world.
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A remarkable instance of the great power of mere individuality over the young.
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