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great power

nation that has great political, military and economic influence
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Summary

great power ranks in the top 0.88% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,674 views/month, #688 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: state[2], power[3]
  • Part of: hierarchy of powers[4]
  • Opposite of: puppet state[5], middle power[6]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[11]
  • Partially coincident with: core state[12]
  • Different from: world power[13], superpower[14], hyperpower[15]
  • Greater than: quasi-great power[16]

Why It Matters

great power has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → great-powers
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: great-powers, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934377|great powers (#289934377)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004352-velmoci
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004352-velmoci, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → hierarchy of powers
    Different from → world power, superpower, hyperpower
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → state, power
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 9910, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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