superstate

American  

[soo-per-steyt] / ˈsu pərˌsteɪt /

noun

1. a state or a governing power presiding over states subordinated to it.

2. an extremely powerful centralized government maintaining close control or supervision over its member states and their inhabitants.

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superstate British  

/ ˈsuːpəˌsteɪt /

noun

1. a large state, esp created from a federation of states

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Etymology

Origin of superstate

super- + state

Example Sentences

“I trust that citizens can themselves decide whether they want to consume tobacco products or not, and there is no need for a superstate that regulates the sector more strongly,” he said.

From New York Times

Attempting to explain why he suddenly is backing trillion-dollar legislation, the president pointed to a “Fourth Industrial Revolution” involving the rise of information technology and a Chinese “superstate,” as Mr. Brooks put it.

From Washington Times

Brexit was the culmination of the growing realization that Britain was becoming a vassal state to the ever-expanding and intrusive, both geographically and politically, European Union superstate.

From New York Times

“That was then exploited by the extreme right,” she says, who fanned claims about “‘an EU superstate and wasteful bureaucracy’.”

From The Guardian

As a European leader once remarked, Europe should be a superpower, not a superstate.

From The Guardian