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sovereignty
noun
Definition
Supreme authority within a territory; the right of a state to govern itself.
In a sentence
“The treaty recognised the sovereignty of indigenous peoples over their ancestral lands.”
Synonyms
self-ruleautonomyauthorityindependence
Common collocations
- national sovereignty
- political sovereignty
- claim sovereignty
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