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self-government n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the government of a country, nation, etc., by its own people 2. the state of being self-controlled ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
self-government noun independence, democracy, sovereignty, autonomy, devolution, self-determination, self-rule, home rule a campaign for more self-government Translations self-government [ˌsɛlfˈgʌv/ənmənt] n → autogoverno self-government [ˌsɛlfˈgʌv/ənmənt] n → autogoverno n self-government [selfˈgavəmənt] government by the people of the country without outside control. selfregering حُكْم ذاتي самоуправление samospráva selvstyre die Selbstregierung αυτονομία, αυτοδιάθεση autonomía, autogobierno (riiklik) omavalitsus دولت شخصي itsehallinto autonomie שִׁלטוֹן עַצמִי स्वशासन, स्वराज्य, स्वायत्त शासन samouprava, samoupravljanje önkormányzat otonom sjálfstjórn autogoverno, autonomia 自治 자치 savivalda pašvaldība pemerintahan sendiri zelfbestuur selvstyre samorząd, autonomia autonomia autonomie самоуправление samospráva samostojnost samovlada självstyre รัฐบาลที่ปกครองโดยประชาชนของประเทศตนเอง özerklik, bağımsızlık 自治的 самоврядування اپنی یا عوامی حکومت chính phủ tự trị 自治的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Till the 25th October Crete, as all our planet knows, was the sole surviving European repository of "autonomous institutions," "local self-government," and the rest of the archaic lumber devised in the past for the confusion of human affairs. All I say is, give such rights as our local self-government to any other European people--why, the Germans or the English would have worked their way to freedom from them, while we simply turn them into ridicule. He saw--or else deceived himself--that, throughout this epoch, the people's disposition to self-government had been growing weaker through long disuse, and now existed only as a faint traditionary feeling. |
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