world powern.

Brit.

/ˌwəːld ˈpaʊə/, U.S.

/ˌwər(ə)ld ˈpaʊ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: world n., power n.¹

Etymology: < world n. + power n.¹, probably after German Weltmacht secular power, political power (1691), a nation, state, etc. with great power in world affairs (1829 or earlier).

1. In form world-power. Power exercised upon or throughout the world, esp. by one nation, system of thought, etc.; (also) the power of the world of humankind (as distinguished from the spiritual world); secular power. Also in extended use.

ΘΠ

society > authority > power > [noun] > earthly or temporal power

world power1848

1848 Amer. Whig Rev. Aug. 128 It is the swan-song of the thirteenth century, and with it, of medieval Catholicism in the fullness of its world-power.

1866 S. Baring-Gould Curious Myths Middle Ages 159 Christ will descend to avenge the blood of the saints, by destroying Antichrist and the world-power.

1878 N. Amer. Rev. July–Aug. 53 The great world-powers, such as Evolution, Persistence of Force, Heredity, Panzoism, and Physiological Units.

1884 Expositor Feb. 89 To crush the heathen world-power, and thereby abolish idolatry.

1931 K. A. Porter Let. 11 Feb. (1990) i. 33 Communism is well on the way to world-power, but I suppose it will suffer sea-changes and modifications as it goes.

2. A nation, state, etc., that has great power or influence in world affairs. Also in extended use, as of a person. Cf. power n.¹ 8c and superpower n. 2.

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society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > powerful state or nation

potentate1624

power1658

great power1660

world power1855

1855 Bentley's Misc. July 584 If we look at the geographical position, which the great world-powers (England, Russia, and France) occupy on the surface of the globe, [etc.].

1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 409 He has, like all great world-powers, a real dignity and majesty.

1900 Congress. Rec. 29 Jan. 1259/1 We have become a ‘world power’.

1921 E. Ferber Girls xi. 231 She invited a group of ancients whose names sounded like the top-most row of Chicago's social register. Their sons or grandsons were world-powers in banking, packing, grain-distribution.

1953 E. E. Cummings Let. 27 Mar. (1969) 223 Having kept my ears & eyes open, I am unaware that 'tis thanks to the indoctrinatory efforts of this gruesome gang of do-gooders that Russia is a worldpower.

1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass ix. 80 You wouldn't think, would you, that we were the world power with three hundred and sixty nuclear warheads, and the Soviet Union the power with nine paleolithic atomic bombs?

2004 New Yorker 11 Oct. 69/2 The Kremlin demands to be taken seriously as a world power and as an active member of the Group of Eight industrial nations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	world power
释义	world powern. Brit. /ˌwəːld ˈpaʊə/, U.S. /ˌwər(ə)ld ˈpaʊ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: world n., power n.¹ Etymology: < world n. + power n.¹, probably after German Weltmacht secular power, political power (1691), a nation, state, etc. with great power in world affairs (1829 or earlier). 1. In form world-power. Power exercised upon or throughout the world, esp. by one nation, system of thought, etc.; (also) the power of the world of humankind (as distinguished from the spiritual world); secular power. Also in extended use. ΘΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > earthly or temporal power world power1848 1848 Amer. Whig Rev. Aug. 128 It is the swan-song of the thirteenth century, and with it, of medieval Catholicism in the fullness of its world-power. 1866 S. Baring-Gould Curious Myths Middle Ages 159 Christ will descend to avenge the blood of the saints, by destroying Antichrist and the world-power. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. July–Aug. 53 The great world-powers, such as Evolution, Persistence of Force, Heredity, Panzoism, and Physiological Units. 1884 Expositor Feb. 89 To crush the heathen world-power, and thereby abolish idolatry. 1931 K. A. Porter Let. 11 Feb. (1990) i. 33 Communism is well on the way to world-power, but I suppose it will suffer sea-changes and modifications as it goes. 2. A nation, state, etc., that has great power or influence in world affairs. Also in extended use, as of a person. Cf. power n.¹ 8c and superpower n. 2. ΘΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > powerful state or nation potentate1624 power1658 great power1660 world power1855 1855 Bentley's Misc. July 584 If we look at the geographical position, which the great world-powers (England, Russia, and France) occupy on the surface of the globe, [etc.]. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 409 He has, like all great world-powers, a real dignity and majesty. 1900 Congress. Rec. 29 Jan. 1259/1 We have become a ‘world power’. 1921 E. Ferber Girls xi. 231 She invited a group of ancients whose names sounded like the top-most row of Chicago's social register. Their sons or grandsons were world-powers in banking, packing, grain-distribution. 1953 E. E. Cummings Let. 27 Mar. (1969) 223 Having kept my ears & eyes open, I am unaware that 'tis thanks to the indoctrinatory efforts of this gruesome gang of do-gooders that Russia is a worldpower. 1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass ix. 80 You wouldn't think, would you, that we were the world power with three hundred and sixty nuclear warheads, and the Soviet Union the power with nine paleolithic atomic bombs? 2004 New Yorker 11 Oct. 69/2 The Kremlin demands to be taken seriously as a world power and as an active member of the Group of Eight industrial nations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1848
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