self-determination
Choosing your path
Self-determination is the freedom to make decisions about one's own life without external control.
For nations or peoples, it means the right to govern themselves and choose their own political status: The colony sought self-determination.
For individuals, it describes personal autonomy—the capacity to direct one's own course: Recovery programs emphasize patient self-determination.
Independent management of affairs
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- agencyPower to act
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- independenceFreedom from external control
self-direction · self-reliance · self-sufficiency · decision-making · self-management · personal agency · self-regulation · free will
Ending imperial control
- nationhoodStatus as independent country
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- liberationRelease from constraint
- independence movementOrganized push for self-rule
statehood · national identity · postcolonial · anticolonial · referendum · plebiscite · mandate · partition
Inalienable personal freedoms
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- dignityInnate personal worth
- equalitySame status for all
- justiceFair treatment under law
freedom · liberty · enfranchisement · suffrage · emancipation · personhood · entitlement · inalienable
Impetus toward a goal
- goal-settingEstablishing intended outcomes
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- self-efficacyBelief in one's capabilities
self-actualization · personal growth · resilience · grit · resolve · purposefulness · agency · aspiration
Trained self-control or specialty
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
grit · steadfastness · self-control · commitment · dedication · endurance · restraint · self-discipline
self-governance
Independent management of affairs
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- agencyPower to act
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
independence · self-direction · self-reliance · self-sufficiency · decision-making · self-management · personal agency · self-regulation · free will · home rule
decolonization
Ending imperial control
- nationhoodStatus as independent country
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- liberationRelease from constraint
independence movement · statehood · national identity · postcolonial · anticolonial · referendum · plebiscite · mandate · partition · separatism
human rights
Inalienable personal freedoms
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- dignityInnate personal worth
- equalitySame status for all
justice · freedom · liberty · enfranchisement · suffrage · emancipation · personhood · entitlement · inalienable · collective rights
motivation
Impetus toward a goal
- goal-settingEstablishing intended outcomes
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
self-efficacy · self-actualization · personal growth · resilience · grit · resolve · purposefulness · agency · aspiration · self-improvement
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
perseverance · grit · steadfastness · self-control · commitment · dedication · endurance · restraint · self-discipline · willfulness
- human conceptsconsciousness, awareness, identity, self, emotion
- independence'autonomy, self-rule, sovereignty, liberty, freedom
- motivationmotivation, drive, motivate, inspire, encouragement
- agencyfree will, choice, autonomy, volition, intentionality
- autonomyfreedom, self-rule, independence, free will, sovereignty
- free willfree will, choice, volition, autonomy, initiative
self-determinationcolonialism
Domination through foreign settlement
imperialism · colonial rule · occupation · subjugation · annexation
self-determinationcoercion
Pressured compliance through threats
subjugation · subjection · enslavement · compulsion · bondage
self-determinationdeterminism
Doctrine of causal necessity
fatalism · predestination · hard determinism · predeterminism · fate
determined, determine, terminal, determination, determining, predetermined, undetermined, terminus, indeterminate