self-determination
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1. determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | discretion, free will, |
| definition | : | the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies (noun.attribute) |
2. government of a political unit by its own people (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | autonomy, liberty, |
| definition | : | immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | sovereignty, |
| definition | : | government free from external control (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | local option, |
| definition | : | freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | home rule, |
| definition | : | self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government (noun.state) |
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