sovereignhood

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noun

The state or condition of a sovereign; sovereignty.

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Meanings

nounsovereignhood (countable and uncountable, plural sovereignhoods)

plural sovereignhoods

  1. uncountableThe state or condition of a sovereign; sovereignty.

    It meant politics, political personhood, republic, sovereignhood and power.

    2017, Ranabir Samaddar, Karl Marx and the Postcolonial Age, page 41
  2. countableAn independent or sovereign territory.

    The people of the area were divided into the overlapping sovereignhood, and the British changed that when they arrived and when they left.

    2021, Aparna Pande, Routledge Handbook on South Asian Foreign Policy

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sovereignnesssovereignty

Origin

From sovereign + -hood.

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Cite this entry
APA

sovereignhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sovereignhood

MLA

“sovereignhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sovereignhood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sovereignhood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sovereignhood.

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