self-determined
Americanadjective
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(of a program, course of action, etc.) chosen and controlled by oneself.
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(of a person) choosing and controlling one's own actions, career, path through life, etc.
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(of a people or nation) self-governed.
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His self-determined walk away into the sunrise is a victory over a ruinous game that would have stolen the jersey off his back years ago had he not been so calculatedly self-protective.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the new humanitarian relocation program is intended to give those persecuted by the Taliban “a bit of home and the chance of a free, self-determined and secure life.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
Ian had few role models for her self-determined path, citing only Nina Simone and Victoria Spivey, a blues singer and writer who made her first impact in the 1920s.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
The openness of her self-determined chords matched what she was reaching for in her lyrics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2021
Justice requires that each man shall have the fruits of his own deeds; in this it assumes that each and every man is free and self-determined.
From Pedagogics as a System by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)
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