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self-determination

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Synonyms and Antonyms of self-determination

1 the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions

the United States officially recognizes 18 as the age at which someone is entitled to self-determination

Synonyms of self-determination

accord, autonomy, choice, free will, volition, will

Words Related to self-determination

election, preference, selection

bent, devices, disposition, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency

alternative, discretion, option, pick, way

Near Antonyms of self-determination

coercion, compulsion, constraint, duress, force, pressure

2 the state of being free from the control or power of another

rebels fighting for the territory's self-determination

Synonyms of self-determination

autonomy, freedom, independence, independency, liberty, self-governance, self-government, sovereignty (also sovranty)

Words Related to self-determination

emancipation, enfranchisement, liberation, manumission, release

Near Antonyms of self-determination

captivity, enchainment, enslavement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, internment, subjugation

Antonyms of self-determination

dependence (also dependance), heteronomy, subjection, unfreedom

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