Sovereignty vs Individuality - What's the difference?
sovereignty | individuality |
(of a polity) The state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.
(of a ruler) Supreme authority over all things.
(of a person) The liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.
(uncountable) The characteristics which contribute to the differentiation or distinction of someone or something from a group of otherwise comparable identity.
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, chapter=6 (countable) A person.
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As nouns the difference between sovereignty and individuality
is that sovereignty is (of a polity) the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations while individuality is (uncountable) the characteristics which contribute to the differentiation or distinction of someone or something from a group of otherwise comparable identity.sovereignty
English
(sovereignty)Noun
individuality
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Noun
citation, passage=Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.}}
