sovereign

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I guess you think of yourself as sovereign, huh?

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Quick take

a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sovereign gathered in one view.

noun

a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

adjective

(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"

adjective

greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sovereign.

noun

a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

adjective

(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"

adjective

greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal"

Example sentences

I guess you think of yourself as sovereign, huh?

Norway ploughs the money into a sovereign wealth fund, with long term plans.

When a sovereign fails, its banks fail, and private sector losses are virtually assured.

So since this is HN... is there any way to get to an MVP without having a sovereign state to experiment with?

Iceland did what any sovereign nation should do in that situation.

If Vigil fails to punish a function, does it delete itself?Or is it a Hobbesian sovereign?

To feign complete outrage over being spied upon yet happily tarnish relations with a sovereign nation to catch the whistleblower.

In which case, Bashir and O'Brien pay for their drinks in the equivalent of US treasury bills, or perhaps in fractional shares of a Federation sovereign wealth fund.

They want federal prosecutors to be tone-deaf automatons of sovereign vengeance out of any sense of proportion.

Bitcoin has neither the intrinsic value of commodity currencies nor the sovereign backing of fiat currencies.

Pre-emptively setting up infrastructure for surveillance without any warrants, in a sovereign state?What about enterprise customers?

A fascinating interview with the NSA whistleblower, which ends with a chilling prediction of where the logic of manifest destiny and exceptionalism will lead the United States:There will be a time where policies will change, because the only thing which restricts the activites of the surveillance state are policy, even our agreements with other sovereign governments; we consider that to be a stipulation of policy, rather than a stipulation of law.