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    SELF-GOVERNMENT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Government of a political unit by its own peopleplay

    Synonyms:

    self-determination; self-government; self-rule

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

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

    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)

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