self-rule

noun

another term for self-government (def. 1)

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How to use self-rule in a sentence

The PKK has been fighting for Kurdish self-rule in southeastern Turkey since 1984 in a war that has cost more than 40,000 lives.
PKK Kurdish Terrorists Are Fighting IS Terrorists With U.S. Help | Thomas Seibert | August 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Like many self-rule foes, Hussein dismisses plans for a regional government as a PYD bid to establish a political monopoly.
Kurdish Militias Drive Out Jihadists, Bring Stability Back to Parts of Syria | Jamie Dettmer | November 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
All they ask for is Turkish suzerainty over Arabia which would guarantee complete self-rule for the Arabs.
Freedom's Battle | Mahatma Gandhi
He had a profound sense of justice, a love of liberty, and an unfaltering belief in the capacity of the human race for self-rule.
Albert Gallatin | John Austin Stevens
Born to obey, he lived in contented submission, without the wish or the capacity for self-rule.
The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada | Francis Parkman

They are the supposed defenders of the greatest privilege given to the American citizen;—that of self rule.
The Vice Bondage of a Great City or the Wickedest City in the World | Robert O. Harland
I am individually working for the self-rule pictured therein.
Indian Home Rule | M. K. Gandhi

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