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- [self dih-tur-muh-ney-shuh n]
- /sɛlf dɪˌtɜr məˈneɪ ʃən/
- /self dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [self dih-tur-muh-ney-shuh n]
- /sɛlf dɪˌtɜr məˈneɪ ʃən/
Definitions of self-determination word
- noun self-determination determination by oneself or itself, without outside influence. 1
- noun self-determination freedom to live as one chooses, or to act or decide without consulting another or others. 1
- noun self-determination the determining by the people of the form their government shall have, without reference to the wishes of any other nation, especially by people of a territory or former colony. 1
- noun self-determination person: controlling own life 1
- noun self-determination country: governing itself 1
- uncountable noun self-determination Self-determination is the right of a country to be independent, instead of being controlled by a foreign country, and to choose its own form of government. 0
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Origin of self-determination
First appearance:
before 1670 One of the 47% oldest English words
1670-80; 1915-20 for def 3
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Parts of speech for Self-determination
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
self-determination popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
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Synonyms for self-determination
noun self-determination
- abolitionism — the principle or policy of abolition, especially of slavery of blacks in the U.S.
- autonomy — Autonomy is the ability to make your own decisions about what to do rather than being influenced by someone else or told what to do.
- citizenship — If you have citizenship of a country, you are legally accepted as belonging to it.
- freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
- home rule — self-government in local matters by a city, province, state, colony, or the like.
adj self-determination
- autonomous — An autonomous country, organization, or group governs or controls itself rather than being controlled by anyone else.
- freewheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
- independent — not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.
Antonyms for self-determination
adj self-determination
- governed — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
Top questions with self-determination
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