(きょうだいこく)

きょうだいこく
noun
powerful nation; great power
politics
1. powerful nation; great power; major power
A country with significant military, economic, and political influence in international affairs.
アメリカ世界(せかい)強大国(きょうだいこく)だ。
America is a world power.
Tensions are rising among the great powers.
Historically, the rise and fall of great powers is closely tied to changes in the international order.

A compound of 強大(きょうだい) (mighty, powerful) and (こく) (country, nation). Used in political science, international relations, and news reporting to describe countries with outsized global influence.

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