self-governmentnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌselfˈɡʌv.ən.mənt//ˌselfˈɡʌv.əm.mənt/us/ˌselfˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/the control of a country or an area by the people living there, or the control of an organization by a group of people independent of central or local government:
The poll showed that 80 percent of the population of the region supported self-government.
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Colonisation & self-government
- annex
- autonomous
- autonomy
- client state
- colonial
- crown colony
- decolonization
- dependency
- devolution
- devolve
- independence
- Independence Day
- nationalism
- nationalist
- neocolonialism
- self-rule
- separatism
- separatist
- the British Empire
- the free world
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self-governing
adjective uk/ˌselfˈɡʌv.ən.ɪŋ/us/ˌselfˈɡʌv.ɚ.nɪŋ/
self-governing countries/schools