sovereign state

collocation in English

meaningsofsovereignandstate

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sovereign
adjective
uk
/ˈsɒv.ər.ɪn/us
/ˈsɑːv.rən/
having the highest power or being ...
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state
noun
uk
/steɪt/us
/steɪt/
a condition or way of being that exists at a ...
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(Definition ofsovereignandstatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsovereign state

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To achieve any assurance of political autonomy at all, a group may have to win recognition as asovereignstate.
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On his account, thesovereignstateis a pre-condition for democratic politics and a system of human rights.
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Voluntary transfer occurs when asovereignstateunilaterally adopts policy from an external source.
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Then it will focus on whether, or to what extent, foreigners can exert influence on human rights developments within asovereignstate.
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If sovereignty is defined as the capacity to levy and collect taxes, then the conventionalsovereignstateis alive and well.
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Fundamentally, three steps are taken in the process of making the social contract: (1) creating society; (2) creating thesovereignstate; (3) discharging obligations and enjoying benefits.
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Fourth, thesovereignstaterepresented the highest and most natural form of political community, and was tied to the nation in the curious conjunction of 'nation-state'.
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The term has come into use in this way precisely because the coercive power and regulatory authority of thesovereignstateis being called into question.
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Foremost is the absence of anything so solid as a "sovereignstate," a unitary government positioned hierarchically or otherwise in relation to another unitary government.
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Such a necessity requires asovereignstateto be on the alert against the merest suggestion of a rival claim or risk having its politeness mistaken for its policy.
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International criminal justice includes a role for international tribunals, overriding the protections of citizenship in some circumstances, even including the protection of high office in asovereignstate.
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There are seven directorates for everything that asovereignstatewould cover—matters such as education, health, police, religious affairs, oil, agriculture, planning and trade.
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However, to put asovereignstateinto a federation means depriving it of certain essential powers.
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Need we remind you that diplomacy is one of the regal powers of everysovereignstate?
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The only solution is to get back to the conference table, and not to issue ultimatums that nosovereignstatewould ever accept.
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We intervened in the internal affairs of anothersovereignstate, without any legal basis for that action.
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The levying of taxation is one of the defining characteristics of asovereignstate.
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We are not trying to impose our will on anysovereignstate, but we will tell them that there is a price to pay.
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It is up to eachsovereignstateto decide who is permitted to reside in its territory.
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However, that is a decision for thesovereignstate.
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