self-government

self-gov·ern·ment (s

rn-m

nt)

1. Political independence; autonomy.

2. Popular or representative government; democracy.

3. Self-control.

self-government

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) 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

self-governed adj

self-governing adj

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Noun

self-government - government of a political unit by its own people

self-determination, self-rule

autonomy, liberty - immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

sovereignty - government free from external control

local option - freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction

home rule - self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government

self-government

noun independence, democracy, sovereignty, autonomy, devolution, self-determination, self-rule, home rule a campaign for more self-government

Translations

self-government [ˌselfˈgʌvəmənt] N → autonomía f, autogobierno m

self-government [ˌsɛlfˈgʌv/ənmənt] n → autogoverno

self-government

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

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Amritsar autonomy Bantustan burgh Campbell-Bannerman freedom home rule liberty local option metropolis municipalism municipality Niue Nkrumah populated area Saint Lucia self-determination self-rule semiautonomous	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. Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard View in context 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. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context 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. Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context	Self-existence self-existent self-explaining self-explanatory Self-exposure self-expression self-feeder self-fertile self-fertilisation self-fertilised self-fertilization Self-fertilized self-filling self-financing self-flagellation self-forgetful self-fulfilling self-fulfillment self-fulfilment self-generated self-given self-giving Self-glorious self-governed self-governing self-government self-gratification Self-gratulation self-hardening self-harm self-hate self-hatred self-heal self-healing self-help Self-homicide self-hypnosis self-identification self-identity Self-ignorance Self-ignorant self-image self-immolation Self-imparting self-importance self-important self-imposed Self-imposture self-improvement self-inclusive self-incompatible	self-fulfilment Self-fullfilling prophecy Self-fullfilling prophecy Self-Funded Feasibility Analysis Self-Funded Workers' Compensation self-funding self-furring self-furring nail self-generated Self-generating Self-generating Self-Generating and Regenerating Assets Self-Generating Neural Network Self-Generating Neural Tree Self-Generation Deferral Incentive Self-Generation Incentive Program Self-Generation Program Memorandum Account self-given self-giving self-glorifying Self-glorious Self-governance Self-governance Self-governance Self-Governance Demonstration Project self-governed self-governed self-governed self-governing self-governing self-government self-gratification Self-gratulation Self-Guided Self-Guided Langevin Dynamics Self-Guided Molecular Dynamics Self-Guided Vehicle System self-hardening self-hardening steel Self-harm Self-harm Self-harm to breasts and sexual organs self-harmed Self-harmer Self-harmer self-harmers Self-harming Self-harming self-harms self-hate Self-hating gay self-hatred self-hatred self-heal self-heal Self-healing Self-healing Self-Healing Algorithm Producing Multihop Bluetooth Scatternets Self-Healing Alternate Route Protection Self-Healing and Optimizing Routing Technique Self-Healing Communications Network

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Amritsar
autonomy
Bantustan
burgh
Campbell-Bannerman
freedom
home rule
liberty
local option
metropolis
municipalism
municipality
Niue
Nkrumah
populated area
Saint Lucia
self-determination
self-rule
semiautonomous

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.

Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

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.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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.

Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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