self-rule
Noun
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Noun
self-rule (uncountable)
- Rule of a group of people by their own leaders as opposed to rule imposed by a foreign government or people.
- Britain resumed direct control of North Ireland after just nine weeks of self-rule.
- 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."
- Russian: самоуправление
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