self-government
[self-guhv-ern-muh nt, -er-muh nt, self-]
- control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members; democratic government.
- the condition of being self-governed.
- self-control.
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Origin of self-government
First recorded in 1725–35
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autonomy, flexibility, discretion, immunity, sovereignty, independence, right, indulgence, bent, facility, abandonment, sweep, leeway, independency, prerogative, liberty, laxity, latitude, scope, playExamples from the Web for self-government
Contemporary Examples
This is ugly stuff, deeply self-defeating to the cause of self-government.
This is self-government committing economic suicide, putting ideological absolutism ahead of solving problems.
Then he compared them to coverage of actual news, the stuff of war and peace and self-government.
Removing most barricades might constitute some small risk, but it is risk that comes with self-government.
Below are a few modest proposals that could help improve our capacity for self-government going forward.
Historical Examples
It is an advance toward the highest conception of self-government.
Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate.
Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.
We must take them into our alliance, or they will destroy all our theories of self-government.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
This self-denial is the test and definition of self-government.
Alarms and DiscursionsG. K. Chesterton
self-government
- the government of a country, nation, etc, by its own people
- the state of being self-controlled
- an archaic term for self-control
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Word Origin and History for self-government
n.
1734, of persons; 1798, of states, from self- + government. Related: Self-governing (1680s).
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