absolute sovereignty

collocation in English

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absolute
adjective
uk
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/us
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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sovereignty
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsɒv.rɪn.ti/us
/ˈsɑːv.rən.i/
the power of a country to control its ...
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(Definition ofabsoluteandsovereigntyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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While he might have understood better than many the inherent difficulty of combiningabsolutesovereignty with mixed constitutionalism, his contemporaries were nevertheless horrified.
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It is one in whichabsolutesovereigntyis under siege, and where respect for the universality of human rights norms has grown.
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Emphasize these and his key proposition is constitutional (absolutesovereigntydeters civil war and is therefore better than the alternatives) rather than psychological.
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One is theabsolutesovereigntyof parliament, the other is the effect of the electoral system which transforms a relative electoral majority into an absolute parliamentary majority.
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The undoing ofabsolutesovereigntyis not a violently destructive act, an act that inflicts pain or injury, but an act that undoes pain and injury.
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Indeed, if the force of vocal resonance does violence to anything, it is to theabsolutesovereignty of language and thus the absolute intentionality of the speaking subject.
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I hope we have got away from that idea of the value of the extreme fragmentation of the world underabsolutesovereignty.
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Common sense tells us that in the modern world no nation hasabsolutesovereignty.
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We regardabsolutesovereigntyas one of the evils of the world today.
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Whatabsolutesovereigntyhave we over environmental pollution, over the water we drink and over our beaches?
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Is not that conceding theabsolutesovereigntythat goes along with defence?
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What total andabsolutesovereigntyare we defending over the activities of multinational companies?
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Although it is true that no country enjoysabsolutesovereignty, surely there are degrees in reducing the amount of sovereignty a nation possesses.
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Fifthly, the abandonment of the concept ofabsolutesovereigntyand the recognition of an international authority with power to enforce its decisions.
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However, they insist that national governments must retainabsolutesovereigntyover foreign and defence policy.
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It rejects the belief in theabsolutesovereigntyof this place.
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One of the reasons is that for many decades past we have not had and do not now enjoyabsolutesovereigntyin this country.
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A country which depends on another for most of its food cannot haveabsolutesovereignty.
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Nor canabsolutesovereigntyexist where defence plans have been combined or arms production pooled.
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The concept of separatism which the commission rejects is a concept based uponabsolutesovereignty.
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