self-government
12
4.3
- noun
- /ˈsɛlfˈɡʌvərnmənt/
:
autogobierno
- In a true democracy, citizens have the right to participate in self-government and make their own laws.
- democratic self-government
- local self-government
- powers of self-government
And he got up and did this rousing speech in like a Mufasa voice and he said we need not fear self government.
- And he got up and did this rousing speech in like a Mufasa voice and he said we need not fear self government.
Examples
-
Certainly, yours is the universal ideal of self-government by means of representation based on a universal secret ballot.
Academic text (1991) -
The local management of the township dethrones the old aristocratic order and educates the people to self-government.
Academic text (2017) -
I'd let them make an attempt at self-government.
-
During the 1970s, Congress declared that the Indian government could exercise more powers of self-government.
Academic text (1996) -
The self-government of the small, provincial towns of France must cease.
-
This is another one of Gargan's ideas of self-government.
-
There is also provision for aboriginal self-government in all areas included within the settlement.
Academic text (1992) -
Before 1964, the people of Zambia were denied the opportunity to practice self-government.
Academic text (1994) -
Conservatives celebrated the suite of amendments as a return to self-government in North Carolina and an end to Reconstruction.
Academic text (2017) -
The Israeli-PLO negotiations clearly envisage increasing areas of self-government in the predominantly Arab-inhabited areas of the occupied territories.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
608
3.0
Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves
127
8.0
A country's right to govern itself without outside control
53
6.7
The right of a region or group to run its own government
34
4.3
The right of a group or nation to choose their government
8
5.8
Government by a country's own people instead of by a foreign power
1
6.7
The right of local governments to make some decisions without the national government, like education and health
How Self-Governing
Surface Forms
Morphology
self-government = self + government (transparent) = self + government
A straightforward compound where 'self' modifies 'government' to indicate governing by oneself/itself or by the group's own people.
Etymology
The word self-government is made of self ('by oneself') and government ('rule' or 'control'). So, it means a community or nation 'ruling itself' without outside control.