SELF-RULE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Government of a political unit by its own people

Synonyms:

self-determination; self-government; self-rule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("self-rule" is a kind of...):

autonomy; liberty (immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-rule"):

sovereignty (government free from external control)

local option (freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction)

home rule (self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government)