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Rule of a group of people by their own leaders as opposed to rule imposed by a foreign government or people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- Britain resumed direct control of North Ireland after just nine weeks of self-rule.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: self-government
Antonyms: none provided
government of a political unit by its own people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: self-government, self-determination
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: autonomy, liberty
Narrower terms: sovereignty, local option, home rule
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English rule English self-rule From self- + rule.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
selvstyre
— rule of a group of people by their own leaders
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Esperanto:
memregado
— rule of a group of people by their own leaders
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Finnish:
itsehallinto
— rule of a group of people by their own leaders
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French:
autoadministration
— rule of a group of people by their own leaders
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Galician:
goberno autónomo
— rule of a group of people by their own leaders
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Greek:
αυτοκυβέρνηση
(aftokyvérnisi)
— rule of a group of people by their own leaders
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Irish:
féinriail
— rule of a group of people by their own leaders
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Punjabi:
ਸ੍ਵਰਾਜ
(svrāj)
— rule of a group of people by their own leaders
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Russian:
самоуправление
(samoupravlenije)
— rule of a group of people by their own leaders
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Swedish:
självstyre
— rule of a group of people by their own leaders