self-government

English

Etymology

self- +‎ government

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

self-government (uncountable)

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.
(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
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
Russian: самоуправление (ru) n (samoupravlenije)
Spanish: autogobierno m
Swedish: självstyre (sv) n, autonomi (sv) c
Welsh: hunanlywodraeth (cy)

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