self-governing
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4.7
- adjective
- /ˌsɛlfˈɡʌvərnɪŋ/
:
autónomo
- Similarly, who can guarantee that a self-governing Kosovo will honor liberal democratic values?
- self-governing authority
- self-governing nation
- self-governing community
Examples
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The local council was proud to announce that they had become a self-governing body, free from external control.
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Is it too much to ask authorities to treat us like self-governing adults rather than subjects?
Blog text (23) -
But this is a self-governing country.
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So it seems there is no right of Israel to self-govern as a Jewish majority state.
Blog text (29) -
The tool proposed for that was a self-governing authority.
Academic text (1991) -
The significance of our walls is that we are self-governing!
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In other cases, however, as in the self-governing Somaliland, they have made a positive contribution.
Academic text (2005) -
Such a development would be consistent with the American desire for a genuinely pluralistic and self-governing world.
Academic text (1991) -
Areas such as the self-governing Brcko District, in the country's northeast, have become success stories.
Academic text (2009) -
During the next 400 years, the city thrived as a self-governing mercantile hub.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
360
2.8
Not governed by another country or outside authority
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7.0
Has full political independence from other countries
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6.3
Free to make its own decisions without outside control
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9.9
A church that runs itself and chooses its own leaders
Antonyms
How Self-Governing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word self-governing comes from the parts self ('by itself') and govern ('to control' or 'run'), as in government. So a self-governing place or group 'runs itself' and can make its own rules without outside control.