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sovereignty
/ˈsɑv(ə)ɹənti/
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What does sovereignty mean?
noun
- Of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something.
- Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.
- Of a person: the liberty to decide one's actions and thoughts.
More meanings (2)
noun
- Pre-eminent or superior excellence; also, superior ability to achieve something; mastery.
- A territory under the rule of a sovereign; an independent or self-governing nation or other polity.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɑv(ə)ɹənti/
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It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to the suit of an individual WITHOUT ITS CONSENT.
Property, born of the sovereignty of the reason, and the sense of personal merit, wishes above all things INDEPENDENCE and PROPORTIONALITY.
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But now some god and an infatuate soul Have stirred betwixt them a mad rivalry To grasp at sovereignty and kingly power.
A confederacy had been substituted in the place of a government, and State sovereignty had usurped the constituent sovereignty of the people.
The inanimate works of nature--rock, ice, snow, wind, and water--all warring with each other, yet combined against man--here reigned in absolute sovereignty.