self-determining
- a word derived from self-determination.
Example Sentences
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But Finland kept the most important, most imperishable thing: its full independence as a free, self-determining nation.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2022
“By giving them these spaces, we are really setting up teens to advocate for themselves, and also to live self-determining lives later on, instead of just learning from adults.”
From The Verge • Jul. 27, 2021
The main characters in Olivier Assayas’s “Clouds of Sils Maria” are complicated, self-determining women beautifully played by Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2015
They are “autonomous and self-determining beings”, he argued, and therefore deserve the right to bodily liberty.
From The Guardian • May 27, 2015
Such is the absurdity which Edwards delighted to urge against the self-determining power of the mind.
From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor
