sovereignism
sovereignism noun: a doctrine which supports acquiring or preserving the political independence of a nation, region or group, from external or higher-level entities (e.g. federalism or supranational unions like the UN) or from internal (e.g. ethnic or sexual minority) groups it considers subversive.
Noun
sovereignism (uncountable)
- A doctrine which supports acquiring or preserving the political independence of a nation, region or group, from external or higher-level entities (e.g. federalism or supranational unions like the UN) or from internal (e.g. ethnic or sexual minority) groups it considers subversive.
- Ambiguities built into the Soviet constitutions allowed a crisis of sovereignism, often called the Parade of Sovereignties, to break the Union in 1991.
- The defence of the sovereignty of individual European countries in the face of broader European or European Union integration.
- Near-synonym: Euroscepticism
Synonyms of sovereignism
Forms of sovereignism
| alternative form | sovereigntism |
|---|---|
| alternative form | souverainism |
Origin of sovereignism
From sovereign + -ism.
Questions about sovereignism
- What does sovereignism mean?
- Sovereignism means a doctrine which supports acquiring or preserving the political independence of a nation, region or group, from external or higher-level entities (e.g. federalism or supranational unions like the UN) or from internal (e.g. ethnic or sexual minority) groups it considers subversive.
- What part of speech is sovereignism?
- Sovereignism is a noun.
Words near sovereignism in the dictionary
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