Great Satan

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  1. The United States of America, particularly with regard to its perceived imperialist foreign policy. derogatory
    — Ahmadinejad, facing serious political problems, can posture about standing up to the Great Satan.

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the Great Satan canonical great Satan alternative

词源

Calque of Iranian Persian شیطان بزرگ (šeytân-e bozorg), which is more often the name of the largest of the three jamarat at which stones are thrown during the hajj. The derogatory sense was coined by Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989 Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979, one day after the onset of the Iran hostage crisis.
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