impire
n.— «The European Union is too weak, too diverse, too inward-looking; in a rather ugly neologism, [Niall Ferguson] dubs the EU an “impire” rather than a potential “empire.” » —“An Oxford Scot at King Dubya’s court: Niall Ferguson’s Collosus” by Stephen Howe opeDemocracy July 22, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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