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View synonyms for self-government

self-government

[ self-guhv-ern-muhnt, -er-muhnt, self- ]

noun

  1. control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members; democratic government.
  2. the condition of being self-governed.


self-government

noun

  1. the government of a country, nation, etc, by its own people
  2. the state of being self-controlled
  3. an archaic term for self-control
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌself-ˈgoverned, adjective
  • ˌself-ˈgoverning, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-government1

First recorded in 1725–35
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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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