self-ruling

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ ruling.

Adjective

self-ruling (not comparable)

1. autonomous, self-governing
   • 2023 March 13, Eric Cheung, Nectar Gan, “Taiwan says soldier who went missing has been found in China”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 13 March 2023‎:

     In recent years, Beijing has ramped up economic, diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan – a self-ruling democracy the Chinese Communist Party claims as its own despite having never governed it.