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self-governing
self–governing
adjective
Definition of SELF-GOVERNING
1
not being under the rule or control of another <she left home and became entirely self-governing and financially independent at the age of 18>
Synonyms autonomous, freestanding, independent, self-governed, self-governing, self-ruling, separate, sovereign (also sovran)
Related Words freeborn; delivered, emancipated, freed, liberated, manumitted, redeemed, released; unconquered, unruled, unsupervised; empowered, enfranchised; democratic, republican
Near Antonyms bound, captive, conquered, enslaved, fettered, subdued, subjugated; inferior, subordinate, subservient
2
of, relating to, or favoring political democracy <a self-governing nation that could be a role model for other countries in the region>
Near Antonyms autocratic (also autocratical), despotic, dictatorial, monarchal (or monarchial), monarchical (also monarchic), tyrannical (also tyrannic)
Antonyms nondemocratic, undemocratic
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