sovereignty
noun
the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
self-sovereignty
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a word derived from
sovereignty.
Example Sentences
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This unshakable belief in his own self-sovereignty offers a welcome contrast to the islanders’ inherent fear of change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
There is something bitterly disturbing, too, about being turned into a labor-puppet when the pursuit of self-sovereignty in the face of enslavement has always been at the core of your country's national ethos.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2023
For the mother, an observant Muslim, self-sovereignty is a revolutionary act, one that necessitates a shift in thinking and in being.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
If black women were granted not just the rights of life, liberty, and happiness, but also self-sovereignty, then they would also be entitled to the legal protection of those rights.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2018
The cure for the evils that now exist is not in dissolving marriage, but it is in giving to the married woman her own natural independence and self-sovereignty, by which she can maintain herself.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
