主権・主權|しゅけんshuken[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounsovereignty; supremacy; dominion
   主権しゅけんは人民じんみんにある。↗

   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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1. 国民こくみんと領土りょうどを統治とうちする国家こっかの権力けんりょく。統治権とうちけん。
2. 国家こっかが他国たこくからの干渉かんしょうを受うけずに独自どくじの意思決定いしけっていを行おこなう権利けんり。「万国ばんこく公法こうほう」により日本にっぽんにもたらされた華はな製せい新しん漢語かんご。
3. 国家こっかの政治せいじを最終的さいしゅうてきに決定けっていする権利けんり。