hyperpower

hyper- +‎ power

hyperpower (plural hyperpowers)

1. (international relations) An international hegemon, more powerful than a superpower.
   • 2009 January 21, John F. Burns, “Obama Promises the World a Renewed America”, in New York Times‎:

     “We have entered a period of historical transition in which the United States will become first among equals, rather than […] hyperpower and unquestioned hegemon,” said Timothy Garton Ash, a professor of European studies at Oxford.

   • 2015 January 1, Steven Erlanger, “New Year, Old Problems”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The hegemony of the United States, which Hubert Védrine, a former French foreign minister, liked to call the world’s “hyperpower,” is increasingly questioned, even ignored.

2. (mathematics) Tetration.

• (international hegemon): omnipower

• (international hegemon): superpower, great power, regional power