self-government

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ government.

Pronunciation

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Noun

self-government (uncountable)

1. The governance of a region by its own populace; autonomy.

   The radical party agitated for the region to secede from the confederation and establish self-government.

2. (dated) Personal self-control.

Synonyms

• self-governance
• (political): self-rule

Translations

governance of a region by its own populace

Danish: selvstyre n Esperanto: memregado Finnish: itsehallinto (fi) Galician: goberno autónomo m Georgian: თვითმმართველობა (tvitmmartveloba) Greek: αυτοκυβέρνηση (el) f (aftokyvérnisi) Irish: féinrialtas m, féinrialú m, féinriail f Lithuanian: savivalda (lt) f Norman: gouvèrnément dé sé m Norwegian: Bokmål: selvstyre n Polish: samorząd (pl) m Portuguese: governo autônomo m Russian: самоуправление (ru) n (samoupravlenije) Spanish: autogobierno (es) m Swedish: självstyre (sv) n, autonomi (sv) c Welsh: hunanlywodraeth (cy)