self-government

[ self-guhv-ern-muhnt, -er-muhnt, self- ]

/ ˌsɛlfˈgʌv ərn mənt, -ər mənt, ˈsɛlf- /

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noun

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

Words nearby self-government

self-fulfilment, self-generated, self-generating, self-generation, self-governed, self-government, self-gratification, self-hardening, self-harm, self-hatred, selfheal

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How to use self-government in a sentence

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For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
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Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
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Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
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At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
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Dockier, a prominent leader of the Levelers, in the times of the English commonwealth, was shot by order of the government.
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But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
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British Dictionary definitions for self-government

self-government

noun

the government of a country, nation, etc, by its own people

the state of being self-controlled

an archaic term for self-control

Derived forms of self-government

self-governed, adjectiveself-governing, adjective

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self-government

Origin of self-government

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