self-rule en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English rule English self-rule From self- + rule.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Rule of a group of people by their own leaders as opposed to rule imposed by a foreign government or people.
Only two years ago a group of Uighur dissidents were discovered in Xinjiang, planning a province-wide uprising against Chinese rule. The slogan they were using was, "We want self-rule. We don't want to be dominated."
1985, Tiziano Terzani, The Forbidden Door, Asia 2000 Ltd, pages 223-224:Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned a security summit Friday that "Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow", as concerns grow that China could invade democratic, self-ruled Taiwan.
2022 June 10, “'Ukraine today could be East Asia tomorrow': Japan PM warns”, in France 24, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2022:Britain resumed direct control of North Ireland after just nine weeks of self-rule.
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Translations (10)
fi itsehallinto (rule of a group of people by their own leaders) · ga féinriail (rule of a group of people by their own leaders) · gl goberno autónomo (rule of a group of people by their own leaders) · eo memregado (rule of a group of people by their own leaders) · el αυτοκυβέρνηση (rule of a group of people by their own leaders) · sv självstyre (rule of a group of people by their own leaders) · pa ਸ੍ਵਰਾਜ (rule of a group of people by their own leaders) · ru самоуправление (rule of a group of people by their own leaders) · fr autoadministration (rule of a group of people by their own leaders) · da selvstyre (rule of a group of people by their own leaders)