sovereignty
pronunciation
How to pronounce sovereignty in British English:
UK [ˈsɒvrənti]
How to pronounce sovereignty in American English:
US [ˈsɑːvrənti]
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- Noun:
- government free from external control
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
Word Origin
- sovereignty (n.)
- mid-14c., "pre-eminence," from Anglo-French sovereynete, Old French souverainete, from soverain (see sovereign (adj.)). Meaning "authority, rule, supremacy of power or rank" is recorded from late 14c.; sense of "existence as an independent state" is from 1715.
Example
- 1. America takes no position on the rival sovereignty claims .
- 2. Iraq 's sovereignty is its own .
- 3. China is always prickly about sovereignty .
- 4. Dutch attitudes to sovereignty have hardened .
- 5. Sovereign immunity follows the logic of sovereignty .