sovereignty
Plural: sovereignties
Noun
- government free from external control
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- the authority of a state to govern another state
- The quality or state of being sovereign.
- Of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something.
- The quality or state of being sovereign.
- 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.
- The quality or state of being sovereign.
- Of a person: the liberty to decide one's actions and thoughts.
- The quality or state of being sovereign.
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
*upér
From Late Middle English sovereynte, souvereynte [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman sovereyneté, soverentee, and Old French soveraineté, souveraineté (modern French souveraineté), from soverain + -té (suffix forming nouns, often denoting a property or quality). Soverain is derived from Vulgar Latin *superānus (“chief; sovereign”), from Latin super (“above; on top of”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above, over”)) + -ānus (“suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, usually denoting a relationship of origin, position, or possession”)). The English word is analysable as sovereign + -ty (suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives).
Synonyms
reign, autarchy, independence, nationality, nationhood, sovereigndom, sovereignhood, sovereignness, sovereignship
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 18
sovereignty: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordsovereignty: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sovereignty: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary