self-determination

Noun
  1. Government of a political unit by its own people (synset 114016223)
    is a type of: autonomy, liberty - immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
    subtypes:
    • sovereignty - government free from external control
    • local option - freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction
    • home rule - self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government
    same as: self-government, self-rule
  2. Determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion (synset 105206419)
    is a type of: discretion, free will - the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

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