superstate
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈsuːpərsteɪt/
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superpotencia
- This does not mean writing the constitution of a global superstate.
Examples
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But America and Canada have that and have functioned very well, and if Europe could overcome this, Europe would become a superstate that could compete.
Blog text (5) -
This situation creates the demand for one or a few superstate judicial organizations that have the power to enforce laws throughout a larger portion of the world than the existing individual states.
Academic text (1997) -
Speaker, when the British people voted to leave the European superstate, they voted to end the free movement of people.
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She warned: "If a European superstate were to be forged, it would almost certainly develop interests and attitudes at variance with those of America."
Academic text (1991) -
The UK, Museveni, and Kagame's plans are to create and consolidate the East African political federation, a regional superstate whose first President will be Museveni.
Blog text (31) -
To a real extent, the current condition of the Middle East is one of waiting for the next Saladin, with Iran, Turkey, or a future Islamic Republic of Arabia likely contenders for the center around which the next Middle Eastern superstate will form.
Blog text (9) -
Some of the critics felt that the Clinton administration was threatening, by its emphasis on the UN as an arm of policy, to give away American sovereignty to a foreign superstate dominated by unelected bureaucrats.
Academic text (1999) -
The action in George Orwell's 1949 novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" takes place in the intercontinental superstate of Oceania.
Blog text (7) -
A new era of history was to create a colossal superstate, anchoring Germany into the EC, fixing the troubled frontiers in the East, and matching the global power of the United States and Japan.
Academic text (1992) -
Many people believe that the formation of a European superstate could strengthen the economy of the region.
Synonyms
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3.7
A group of countries joined to form one political unit
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4.6
A very powerful country that can influence the world
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5.1
The process of joining states into one country while they keep local control
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Etymology
Superstate combines super ('above' or 'big'), like in supermarket, and state ('country'). So a superstate is a very large and powerful country made from several smaller states, which is why the word means a union of many countries.