self-rule

From self- +‎ rule.

self-rule (uncountable)

1. Rule of a group of people by their own leaders as opposed to rule imposed by a foreign government or people.

   Synonym: self-government

   Britain resumed direct control of North Ireland after just nine weeks of self-rule.

   • 1985, Tiziano Terzani, The Forbidden Door‎, Asia 2000 Ltd, pages 223-224:

     Only two years ago a group of Uighur dissidents were discovered in Xinjiang, planning a province-wide uprising against Chinese rule. The slogan they were using was, "We want self-rule. We don't want to be dominated."

   • 2022 June 10, “'Ukraine today could be East Asia tomorrow': Japan PM warns”, in France 24‎, archived from the original on 10 June 2022:

     Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned a security summit Friday that "Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow", as concerns grow that China could invade democratic, self-ruled Taiwan.

• self-determination

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