SOVEREIGNTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sovereignty mean? 

• SOVEREIGNTY (noun)
  The noun SOVEREIGNTY has 3 senses:

1. government free from external control

2. royal authority; the dominion of a monarch

3. the authority of a state to govern another state

  Familiarity information: SOVEREIGNTY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOVEREIGNTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Government free from external control

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sovereignty" is a kind of...):

self-determination; self-government; self-rule (government of a political unit by its own people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Royal authority; the dominion of a monarch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

reign; sovereignty

Hypernyms ("sovereignty" is a kind of...):

dominion; rule (dominance or power through legal authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sovereignty"):

scepter; sceptre (the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The authority of a state to govern another state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sovereignty" is a kind of...):

authorisation; authority; authorization; dominance; potency; say-so (the power or right to give orders or make decisions)

 Context examples 

A collective generic term that refers here to a wide variety of dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, uninhabited islands, and other entities in addition to the traditional countries or independent states.

(CDISC SDTM Country Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Persons who are not U.S. citizens but who owe permanent allegiance to the U.S. They originate from places under U.S. sovereignty, jurisdiction, or administration, i.e. American Samoa, Swains Island.

(Non-Citizen National, NCI Thesaurus)