主権・主權|しゅけんshuken[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounsovereignty; supremacy; dominion主権は人民にある。↗Sovereignty resides in the people.
- Synonym国権こっけんWrittenFormal term for the power of the state; carries a historical, political flavor, as in 「国権の最高機関」.
- Synonym統治権とうちけんWrittenFormal term for the power to govern and rule a state, leaning legal and academic; 「主権」 stresses the state's supreme, independent authority.
- Antonym従属じゅうぞくWrittenFormal term for subordination or dependence on another power; the opposite of the independence implied by 「主権」.
- Antonym隷属れいぞくWrittenFormal term for servitude, being held under another's complete control; the opposite of a state possessing sovereignty.
Use 「主権」 for a state's supreme, independent power, as in 「国民主権」. For the power to govern, pick 「統治権」 (legal, academic); for state power with a historical-political tone, 「国権」. 「従属」 and 「隷属」 are its opposites: subordination and servitude.
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