sovereignty
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definition
noun
how can we hope to wrest sovereignty away from the oligarchy and back to the people?
supreme power or authority.
example
Restoration of that country's 'sovereignty' would lead willy-nilly to the arrival of democracy there.
Her pondering presumes a regal power, a lingering vestige of an era when 'sovereignty' resided not in the people but in the monarch.
Bakhtin does not attribute to the real author anything like 'sovereignty' over the discourse he or she produces.
Republican architecture became a proud symbol of Dominican 'sovereignty' .
The Republic of Fiji Military Forces was established to defend the nation's territorial 'sovereignty' .
France, Portugal and Greece allegedly have reservations about ceding national 'sovereignty' over their airspace.
Parliamentary 'sovereignty' means that Parliament can, if it chooses, legislate contrary to fundamental principles of human rights.
In 1657 Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, gained full 'sovereignty' over the duchy.
the 'sovereignty' of the state
God's absolute 'sovereignty' in history, cosmic and personal, is the greatest comfort to Christian believers.
People have a right to 'sovereignty' over their own bodies - even teenagers.
We no longer had 'sovereignty' over our own credit, currency, and related banking affairs.
It was more than a legitimisation of sovereignty by Brahmanical ritual; it was an assertion of supreme 'sovereignty' .
No international authority has any authority over us which diminishes our 'sovereignty' .
For these reasons, many modern Austrian economists reject the doctrine of consumer 'sovereignty' .
Consumer 'sovereignty' meant the greatest freedom of choice for individuals via the widest provision of alternative broadcast goods.
Illegal immigration threatens our 'sovereignty' , our security, reverence for the rule of law.
The president said that foreign relations were the most important symbol of a nation's independent 'sovereignty' .
national 'sovereignty'
joint 'sovereignty'
The individualistic credo grants each of us 'sovereignty' over what we choose as the best kind of life.
Many of the world's developing countries were formerly under the 'sovereignty' of a colonial power.
The two occupying powers cared little for the country's 'sovereignty' and well-being.
Neither Spain nor Guatemala ever exercised effective 'sovereignty' over the area.
His life and his death taught all those that knew him of God's wisdom, grace, 'sovereignty' and power.
The Government has the right to regulate and the 'sovereignty' of Parliament is assured.
Westphalian 'sovereignty' is violated when external actors influence or determine domestic authority structures.
the 'sovereignty' of Parliament
The decision to have a child is a fundamental question of 'sovereignty' over your own body, and a decision that no-one else has any right to make.
We are all New Zealanders, and there should be a single 'sovereignty' .
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