self-determination

self- +‎ determination

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛlfdɪˌtɜː(ɹ)mɪˈneɪʃən/

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self-determination (uncountable)

1. (ethics, law) The ability or human right to make one's own decisions without interference from others
2. (politics) The political independence of a people
   • 2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian‎:

     The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations saying the future of the Falklands can only be decided by the islanders themselves in accordance with the UN principle of self-determination.

3. (international law) self-determination of peoples: the collective right to determine its own destiny in the international order, to choose its own political status and to determine its own form of economic, cultural and social development, the right to establish a state

• territorial integrity