MEANING
A right, privilege, or freedom of action reserved for a particular person, group, or role.
Use it for
identifying authority reserved to a particular office; questioning an exclusive privilege; distinguishing special discretion from a generally available rightDistinguishes a specially reserved right or discretion from an ability open to everyone. Academic functions: Theory / Conceptual Language, Significance / Scope.
Words that belong together
- executive prerogative
- the prerogative of the office
- exercise a prerogative
On the page
The analysis asks whether setting the agenda is a prerogative of the chair or a right shared by members.
The reform challenged the assumption that advanced education was the prerogative of a narrow social group.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- prerogative
Usage notes
Count noun, often singular: a prerogative; the prerogative of a role or group; plural prerogatives. Register: formal. Commonness: uncommon (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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