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self-ˈgoverned, ppl. a.
[self- 2.]
1. Acting or living according to one's own desires uninfluenced by others; independent.
1795–1814Wordsw. Excurs. v. 386 How few who mingle with their fellow-men And still remain self-governed, and apart. 1797Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. Ser. iv. (1851) 273 When, a self-governed man, No laws exist to thee. 1847Mrs. Gore Castles in Air i, New works derived from the London library, to which my self-governed sisters were subscribers.
2. Of persons: Marked by self-control. Of a state: Having self-government.
1709Shaftesbury Moralists ii. 150, I suppose you will send your Disciple to seek for Deity in Mechanism; that is to say, in some exquisite System of self-govern'd Matter. 18..Brit. Rev. (Worc.), A self-governed state is a strong state, for it is made up of self-governed citizens. 1848J. S. Mill Pol. Econ. II. iv. vii. 320 They will require that their conduct and condition shall be essentially self-governed. 1859J. Brown Let. 19 Aug. (1912) 171 Frankfort is a little Republic, self-governed, and a thriving, handsome, well-conditioned town. 1883M. Morris Bk. Health 378 Reasonably self-governed beings. 1886Dicey Eng. Case agst. Home Rule vii. 198 The constitutional relations existing between England and a self-governed colony.
So self-ˈgoverning ppl. a., autonomous.
1845J. S. Mill in Edin. Rev. LXXXI. 511 For two centuries, the Scottish peasant..has been a reflecting, an observing, and therefore naturally a self-governing, a moral and a successful human being. 1880A. Todd Parl. Gov. in Brit. Col. iv. i. 161 Matters affecting the internal administration of a self-governing colony. 1886Dicey Eng. Case agst. Home Rule vii. 198 Victoria..is..for some purposes..an independent, self-governing community. 1933Discovery Feb. 68/1 The greatest problem facing British Statesmen of modern times—the problem of transforming that India, in which society is organized on a religious basis, into a self-governing community on modern democratic lines. 1976Glasgow Herald 26 Nov. 6/6 What business man in his right mind would prefer minimum lending rate of 143/4% to one in the 5–7% range which a self⁓governing Scotland would..achieve. |