prærogative
prærogative is the obsolete form of prerogative.
Meaning of prerogative
Adjective
prerogative (comparative more prerogative, superlative most prerogative)
- Having a hereditary or official right or privilege.
- Characterized by lawless state actions, as in a prerogative state.
- Law-eroding prerogative developments cannot only be witnessed in hybrid regimes, but also in democratic states, which resort to reflections and practices of an ‘enemy criminal law’, and in the European Union’s recent crisis politics.2020, Jan Christoph Suntrup, “Between prerogative power and legality – reading Ernst Fraenkel’s The Dual State as an analytical tool for present authoritarian rule”, in Jurisprudence, volume 11...
Forms of prærogative
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more prærogative |
| superlative | most prærogative |
| Noun | |
| plural | prærogatives |
Questions about prærogative
- What is prærogative the obsolete form of?
- Prærogative is the obsolete form of prerogative.
Words near prærogative in the dictionary
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