{
  "id": "sovereignty-coherent",
  "type": "vocabulary_term",
  "term": "Sovereignty (coherent)",
  "classification": "Sealed",
  "definition": "Self-governance in action; coherence made legible through lived choice. Not autonomy, not supremacy, not freedom-from-constraint.",
  "presence_indicators": [
    "Decisions about work, relationship, time, money, and belief that align with stated truth under conditions where performance, approval, or fear would predict otherwise.",
    "Visible structure (agreements, schedules, repair) that holds under stress.",
    "Capacity to refuse without escalation, to wait, to simplify, or to withdraw."
  ],
  "failure_signatures": [
    "Collapse under social pressure; silent compliance; outsourcing of consequential decisions; identity-claim as substitute for choice."
  ],
  "drift_indicators": [
    "'Sovereign' used as identity badge.",
    "Sovereignty equated with autonomy, supremacy, or non-cooperation."
  ],
  "detection": "Observe behavior across at least two domains under at least two pressures. Coherence is read across the spread, not in any single instance.",
  "canon_reference": "Canon v3.1 §II–III",
  "canonical_url": "https://sovereigntypath.org/glossary.html#sovereignty-coherent",
  "json_url": "https://sovereigntypath.org/api/v1/vocabulary/sovereignty-coherent.json",
  "operational_definition_url": "https://sovereigntypath.org/bundle/operational-definitions.html#sovereignty-coherent"
}