sovereigntysove‧reign‧ty /ˈsɒvrənti $ ˈsɑːv-/ noun [uncountable] 
Examples
the sovereignty of Parliamentsovereignty over Spain’s claim of sovereignty over the territory2the power that an independent country has to govern itself: the defence of our national sovereignty
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- the sovereignty of God
- It should not be seen as a restriction on parliamentary sovereignty.
- People talk about the great sanctity of the sovereignty of Parliament.
- The latter is not an open invitation to intervention or a threat to sovereignty.
- The referendum was reported as recording an 87.01 percent turnout and 99.87 percent approval for sovereignty for Kosovo.
- There is the sovereignty of the majority party and its Whips.
- When it comes to interest rates, we would in some ways get more sovereignty.
WORD SETS► Government
Collocationsabsolutism, nounadministration, nounagency, nounagent, nounagent provocateur, nounalderman, nounally, nounassembly, nounautarchy, nounautocracy, nounautocrat, nounautonomous, adjectiveautonomy, nounban, nounbaron, nounbig government, nounbilateral, adjectivebody politic, nounbudget, nounbureau, nounbureaucracy, nouncabinet, nouncaliphate, nouncanton, nouncanvass, verbcapital, nouncapitalist, nounCapitol Hill, nounCBE, nouncede, verbcentral, adjectivecentral government, nouncentralism, nouncentralize, verbchancellery, nounchancery, nouncharter, nouncharter, verbchief, nounCIA, the, city hall, nouncity-state, nounclient state, nounCo., coalition, nouncold war, nouncolonial, adjectivecolonial, nouncolonialism, nouncolonize, verbcolony, nouncommissioner, nouncommune, nounconsort, nounconstitution, nounconstitutional, adjectiveconstitutionality, nounconvention, nouncoronation, nouncount, nouncounterintelligence, nouncountess, nouncounty, nouncounty council, noundecolonize, verbdemocracy, noundemocratic, adjectivedependency, noundespotism, noundétente, noundethrone, verbdevolution, noundictatorial, adjectivedictatorship, noundiplomacy, noundiplomatic immunity, noundirective, noundisinformation, noundispatch, noundispensation, noundissent, verbdistrict council, noundocumentation, nounDOD, dominion, nounDowning Street, noundynasty, nounearl, nounearldom, nounempire, nounEuro, adjectiveEurope, nounexecutive, nounexecutive privilege, nounfall, verbfall, nounfederalism, nounfeudal, adjectivefeudalism, nounfeudalistic, adjectivegazette, nounhead of state, nounhigh commission, nounimperial, adjectiveindependence, nounindependent, adjectiveinfrastructure, nouninstigate, verbinsurgent, nouninsurrection, nounintelligence, nouninternal, adjectivejunket, nounjunta, nounkingdom, nounkingship, nounkitchen cabinet, nounland office, nounland registry, nounlegation, nounlegislature, nounlicensed, adjectivelocal authority, nounlocal government, nounmaharajah, nounmaharani, nounmandate, nounmandated, adjectivemartial law, nounMBE, nounmeasure, nounmidterm, nounministry, nounminority government, nounmisrule, nounmonarchy, nounmonolith, nounmonolithic, adjectivemoratorium, nounmouthpiece, nounmove, verbmover, nounmunicipal, adjectivemunicipality, nounNASA, nounnational, adjectivenational debt, nounNational Health Service, the, nationalize, verbnational monument, nounnation state, nounNATO, nounneocolonialism, nounneutral, adjectiveneutral, nounneutralize, verbnon-aligned, adjectivenon-intervention, nounnon-proliferation, noun-ocracy, suffix-ocrat, suffixofficiate, verboligarchy, nounoperational, adjectiveoperative, nounoverthrow, verboverthrow, nounoverturn, verbpacify, verbpact, nounpalatinate, nounpardon, nounparish, nounpartition, nounpass, verbpeer, nounpeer, verbpeerage, nounpeeress, nounpermit, nounplenary, adjectiveplutocracy, nounpolice state, nounpolitburo, nounpolitical science, nounpolity, nounpork, nounpork barrel, nounportfolio, nounpossession, nounprecinct, nounprefecture, nounpremiership, nounpresidium, nounprotectorate, nounpublic, adjectivepublic service, nounquota, nounR, ratify, verbrealm, nounrecall, nounrecognition, nounrecognize, verbregency, nounregent, nounregime, nounregister, nounregulation, nounrelease, nounrepeal, verbrepresentative, nounrepressive, adjectiverepublic, nounrepublican, adjectiverescind, verbreunify, verbrevoke, verbrising, nounroyalist, nounruling, adjectivesanction, nounseat, nounsecret agent, nounsecurity service, nounself-governing, adjectiveself-rule, nounsheikh, nounshire, nounsocial democracy, nounsocialist, adjectivesocial service, nounsovereign, adjectivesovereignty, nounspin doctor, nounstaff, nounstate, nounstatehood, nounStatehouse, nounstate line, nounstate of emergency, nounstatewide, adjectivesubject, adjectivesubject, verbsultanate, nounsummit, nounsuperpower, nounsuppress, verbsupranational, adjectivesurgery, nounsuzerainty, nountechnocracy, nounterritory, nounthrone, nountopple, verbtotalitarian, adjectivetown planning, nountownship, nountransit visa, nountreaty, nountribalism, nountripartite, adjectivetrusteeship, nountsarism, nountyrant, nountzarism, noununconstitutional, adjectiveunification, noununify, verbunilateral, adjectiveunion, nounUnion Jack, nounvassal, nounVIP, nounviscount, nounviscountess, nounwelfare state, nounWhitehall, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► economic
1complete freedom and power to govern: · The economic sovereignty which Mrs Thatcher claims to defend is a chimera.· However, there is a fundamental difference between pooling sovereignty on trade and agriculture and pooling economic sovereignty.
► full· We are on our way to full sovereignty, and there is no turning back.· Not all of them enjoyed full sovereignty nor were very united or coherent in structure.
► legal· In short, the Declaration of Rights can be said to have confirmed the legal sovereignty of Parliament.· Dicey's insistence on distinguishing legal from political sovereignty entails an equivalent separation of law and convention.· In this sense, the legal doctrine of sovereignty is the most fundamental of our constitutional conventions.· Dicey presents conventions as a means of harmonising legal and political sovereignty, which remain conceptually distinct.· First, there is legal sovereignty - the legal right to do as we please.
► national· Such interdependency demands certain limitations in national sovereignty.· Any effective international regulation of nuclear weapons is bound to entail troublesome incursions challenging prerogatives of national sovereignty.· We in Britain seem to be deeply attached to the idea of national sovereignty.· However, the national monetary sovereignty identified with an exchange rate union is illusory rather than real.· There are tricky issues of national sovereignty and private / public relationships but they are not insoluble.· In addition there are some specific features often of great importance, such as the release of long suppressed aspirations for national sovereignty.· Or it could lead to higher unemployment, failing businesses and a loss of national sovereignty.
► parliamentary· It should not be seen as a restriction on parliamentary sovereignty.· The threat which this arrangement poses to the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty is obvious.· The passion with which the mythology of parliamentary sovereignty is defended ... baffles Paris and Bonn.· The idea of the separation of powers also seems to influence Dicey's belief that Parliamentary sovereignty favours the supremacy of law.· The doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty was illegitimate, if not incomprehensible, to Rousseau.· Neither distinction can be sustained when the courts are required to determine the limits of parliamentary sovereignty.· By virtue of the concept of parliamentary sovereignty, the act would be definitive.· It precedence derives from the concept of parliamentary sovereignty.
► political· Finance is again king, cemented by romanticism about retaining political sovereignty over the pound and laced with not a little xenophobia.· Dicey's insistence on distinguishing legal from political sovereignty entails an equivalent separation of law and convention.· Dicey presents conventions as a means of harmonising legal and political sovereignty, which remain conceptually distinct.
► popular· Here, then, at the opening of the modern era, we have a quite well developed doctrine of popular sovereignty.· Basically their nationalism was an ideology closely bound up with the idea of popular sovereignty.· This is not to say, however, that popular sovereignty requires a nation state.· Against this background, the muzzling of 16 reformist newspapers can only be seen as an assault on popular sovereignty.· For they sought to replace tradition by consent and dynastic rule by popular sovereignty.· But the language of popular sovereignty is by its nature universalist.· The principle of popular sovereignty has never been accepted in Britain: instead sovereignty is shared between Parliament and an hereditary monarch.· And this leads to the last and perhaps greatest check on popular sovereignty in the age of Pericles, namely Pericles himself.
NOUN► consumer· These adjustments, incidentally, portray the concept of consumer sovereignty at work.· It is the force which subjects producers and resource suppliers to the dictates of buyer or consumer sovereignty.
► state· Previously its goal had been state sovereignty within a reformed Soviet Union.
VERB► claim· It certainly takes us away from the notion of a centre of power claiming alleged sovereignty over supposedly homogeneous territory.
► infringe· It was made clear that the treaty did not infringe the rights and sovereignty of individual Soviet republics.
► lose· When petrochemicals are privatized, we are going to lose sovereignty.
► restore· They called for a negotiated settlement restoring the republic's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
► share· It was the first time that 11 nations had agreed to share their monetary sovereignty.
► surrender· Not surprisingly, those who are averse to surrendering their sovereignty have become increasingly restive of late.· Wouldn't it mean surrendering sovereignty?
the sovereignty of Parliamentsovereignty over Spain’s claim of sovereignty over the territory2the power that an independent country has to govern itself: the defence of our national sovereignty