Sovereignty - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsɑːvrəntɪ|  American pronunciation of the word sovereignty
Brit.  |ˈsɒvrɪntɪ|  British pronunciation of the word sovereignty

noun

- government free from external control
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch (syn: reign)
- the authority of a state to govern another state

Extra examples

...upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life...

...as parts of the same sovereignty, the states should not enact laws intended to harm one another economically...

The sovereignty of the Russian Federation shall apply to its entire territory.

Nor was the sovereignty of the Native Hawaiian race recognized at the time Hawaii became a state.

The Indian Government was vested with the power of sovereignty.

Is it worth fighting a big war, in the name of an abstraction like sovereignty?

Britain does not recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.

European union is seen as a threat to the sovereignty of the nation state.

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