national self-determination

Cultural  

1. Creation of national governmental institutions by a group of people who view themselves as a distinct nation (for example, because they have a common language). National self-determination is opposed to colonialism and imperialism. (See Fourteen Points.)

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national self-determination

The world has been attempting throughout history to get nations to honor the ideals of national self-determination, sovereign borders and peaceful coexistence.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2022

His unstated argument is that the courts advance an abstract concept of citizenship, which, unchecked, will erode the concept of Jewish national self-determination.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2014

The former prime minister said that in 1914, Redmond had won the opportunity for national self-determination solely by "parliamentary means and without the loss of a life".

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2014

This affirmation of the 20th-century religion of national self-determination was made on the eve of India's independence from British rule.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 30, 2014

Lloyd George has declared "the general principle of national self-determination applicable at least to German Africa," while Chancellor Hertling once welcomed a discussion "on the reconstruction of the world's colonial possessions."

From Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)