Antonyms for prerogative
prɪˈrɒg ə tɪv, pəˈrɒg-pre·rog·a·tive

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1. prerogativenoun

   A right is that which one may properly demand upon considerations of justice, morality, equity, or of natural or positive law. A right may be either general or special, natural or artificial. "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are the natural and inalienable rights of all men; rights of property, inheritance, etc., are individual and special, and often artificial, as the right of inheritance by primogeniture. A privilege is always special, exceptional, and artificial; it is something not enjoyed by all, or only to be enjoyed on certain special conditions, a peculiar benefit, favor, advantage, etc. A privilege may be of doing or avoiding; in the latter case it is an exemption or immunity; as, a privilege of hunting or fishing; exemption from military service; immunity from arrest. A franchise is a specific right or privilege granted by the government or established as such by governmental authority; as, the elective franchise; a railroad franchise. A prerogative is an official right or privilege, especially one inherent in the royal or sovereign power; in a wider sense it is an exclusive and peculiar privilege which one possesses by reason of being what he is; as, reason is the prerogative of man; kings and nobles have often claimed prerogatives and privileges opposed to the inherent rights of the people. Compare DUTY; JUSTICE.

   Synonyms:
   claim, exemption, franchise, immunity, liberty, license, privilege, right

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. prerogative

   Antonyms:
   disqualification, disfranchisement

   Synonyms:
   eight, privilege, immunity

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1. • Right

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive rightnoun

   a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)

   "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"

   Synonyms:
   fringe benefit, perquisite, perk, privilege, exclusive right

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. inclusive

   to include everyone

   the school captain was very inclusive.

   Submitted by anonymous on October 7, 2019  

2. average

   Submitted by anonymous on February 10, 2020  

How to use prerogative in a sentence?

1. Mahatma Gandhi:

   A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

2. Eugène Ionesco:

   I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been at every living moment of culture a will to renewal. This is not the prerogative of the last decade only. All history is nothing but a succession of crises -- of rupture, repudiation and resistance. When there is no crisis, there is stagnation, petrifaction and death. All thought, all art is aggressive.

3. Michael Mina:

   I think this test is the most equitable way to approach fighting this pandemic today. It is a test that can truly be scaled to every household, rich or poor. People can use it on their own terms, regardless of any politics, regardless of how they feel about this virus. You know, and if people don't want to use it, that's their prerogative. But as long as we can get a large number of people using it twice a week, we can actually start to really contain this virus.

4. Neil Gaiman:

   It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.

5. Richard Sneed:

   I’m not offended by somebody waving their arm at a sports game. I’m just not. If somebody is, that’s their prerogative, it’s their right. They can be offended. ... I don’t know very many — maybe one or two — from my tribe who say, ‘Yeah, I don’t like that.’ But at the end of the day, we’ve got bigger issues to deal with.

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