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self-government
[ self-guhv-ern-muhnt, -er-muhnt, self- ]
noun
- control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members; democratic government.
- the condition of being self-governed.
self-government
noun
- the government of a country, nation, etc, by its own people
- the state of being self-controlled
- an archaic term for self-control
Derived Forms
- ˌself-ˈgoverned, adjective
- ˌself-ˈgoverning, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of self-government1
Example Sentences
It could mean greater self-government within a Ukraine federation or a total break with Kiev.
Rami Hamdallah has three weeks to form a coalition to rule over Palestine's limited self-government.
This is ugly stuff, deeply self-defeating to the cause of self-government.
This Sunday, the Israeli member of Knesset Adi Kol went to Ramallah, the seat of Palestine's limited self-government.
This is self-government committing economic suicide, putting ideological absolutism ahead of solving problems.
The question of the Filipinosʼ capacity for self-government has been frequently debated since the Rebellion of 1896.
Shall the Félibres aim at local self-government, at a confederation something like that of the Swiss cantons?
Content with self-government, the various communities, for the most part, easily bore the yoke of Roman supremacy.
Even so, indeed, the virtue of self-government continued to work.
In this sense, and this only, are any people capable of self-government.
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