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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Example Sentences

During the First World War, as Britain invaded and captured the territory from the crumbling Ottoman Empire, it drew on growing forces of national self-determination.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2023

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

The two parties agreed that the U.N. would broker a vote on national self-determination.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 29, 2018

The PLO saw the Oslo accord as a vehicle to national self-determination in the territories occupied by Israel in the June 1967 war.

From The Guardian • Sep. 13, 2018

The general principle of national self-determination therefore is applicable in their cases as in those of the occupied European territories End quote.

From Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him by Tumulty, Joseph P.