self-determine
Decide your path
To self-determine is to decide one's own fate or course of action without external control.
The term appears most often in political contexts, where peoples or nations seek to self-determine their governance: The colony fought to self-determine its future.
In personal contexts, it means taking autonomous control over one's choices and identity.
Supreme independent authority
- independenceFreedom from external control
- free-willAutonomous decision-making capacity
- volitionCapacity for choice
- agencyPower to act
Act of selecting
- decisionSettled course of action
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- resolveFirmness of purpose
intention · option · selection · preference · discretion · commitment · conviction · purpose
Freedom from external control
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
perseverance · willpower · resourcefulness · autarky · bootstrapping
Release from legal bondage
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
Self-assurance or trust
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
- capabilityPower to accomplish tasks
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- growthIncrease in size
resilience · strength · motivation · aspiration · enabling · upliftment · drive · ambition
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- independenceFreedom from external control
- free-willAutonomous decision-making capacity
- volitionCapacity for choice
agency · choice · consent · jurisdiction · noninterference
choice
Act of selecting
- decisionSettled course of action
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
resolve · intention · option · selection · preference · discretion · commitment · conviction · purpose · will
independence
Freedom from external control
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
discipline · perseverance · willpower · resourcefulness · autarky · bootstrapping
emancipation
Release from legal bondage
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
manumission · unshackled · unchained · release · anti-colonialism
confidence
Self-assurance or trust
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
- capabilityPower to accomplish tasks
- potentialLatent capacity for development
growth · resilience · strength · motivation · aspiration · enabling · upliftment · drive · ambition · fortitude
self, determined, determine, terminal, determination, determining, predetermined, undetermined, indeterminate