self-governancen.
/ˌsɛlfˈɡʌvn̩əns/, /ˌsɛlfˈɡʌvənəns/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈɡəvərnəns/ 1. The ability to govern or control oneself or one's emotions, desires, etc.; the fact of governing oneself in this way; self-control, self-discipline. Cf. self-government n. 1. Now archaic and rare.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [noun]
repressiona1413
governailc1425
willc1480
self-rule1532
coldness1548
stay1556
presentness of mind1598
coolness1607
cold blooda1609
temper1611
self-discipline1612
retention?1615
presence of mind?1624
self-governance1630
retentiveness1641
self-command1651
self-mastery1652
self-control1653
self-direction1653
self-restraint1656
self-possession1665
possessednessa1698
self-regulation1698
possession1703
retenue1747
sang-froid1750
self-collection1761
render1768
self-collectedness1805
self-repression1821
self-containedness1835
unimpulsiveness1860
cool-headedness1881
sophrosyne1889
cool1964
1630 ‘D. Primrose’ Chaine of Pearle iv. 6 By which Her [sc. Queen Elizabeth's] much admir'd Selfe-governance, Her Passions still shee checkt.
a1762 T. Hayter Two Serm. (1788) ii. 26 The irreligious man,..divested of various salutary motives to self-governance, plunges frequently into excesses.
1835 W. Godwin Orphans of Unwalden xvii. 161 She would..with each lesson have imbibed a share of self-governance and control.
1841 R. H. Horne Franklin's Tales in Poems G. Chaucer, Modernized 297 After a time there must be temperance In every man that knows self-governance.
1989 E. J. Khantzian & J. E. Mack in M. Galanter et al. Recent Devel. Alcoholism iv. 68 Modern theorists have placed..problems in self-regulation and self-governance at the core of alcoholics' vulnerabilities.
2008 R. Coburn Destiny at your Fingertips iv. 78 To do the things that create a sense of self-governance and appropriate self-control for yourself.
2. Governance of a country, organization, etc., by itself; autonomy, independence. Cf. self-government n. 2. Now the usual sense.
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society > authority > rule or government > autonomy > [noun]
autonomy1591
self-governing1619
self-government1647
self-rulea1683
autarchy1691
autocracy of the people1792
self-management1809
self-control1812
self-governance1848
Home Rule1858
autonomism1867
merdeka1947
1848 Morning Post 5 Dec. 6/4 The presentment of the two systems—the one of labour enforced under a wisely regulated control, the other, of absolute freedom and self governance.
1862 A. Trollope N. Amer. I. iv. 70 A dependent country, let the feeling of dependence be ever so much modified by powers of self-governance, cannot hold its own against countries which are in all respects their own masters.
1906 Cent. Path 13 Jan. 9/1 They [sc. school children] were given ‘self-government’ without having had any training in real self-governance.
1983 B. A. K. Rider Insider Trading iv. 255 A regulatory mechanism within the context of corporate self-governance.
2014 Atlantic May 26/1 [In 1792] the country's great experiment in self-governance required that voters know what was at stake in Washington.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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