self-govern
Direct your own affairs
To self-govern is to control one's own affairs without external authority.
A nation that self-governs makes its own laws rather than being ruled by another power.
The term applies equally to political bodies and individuals: The territory was granted the right to self-govern.
Personal self-governance means regulating one's own behavior, emotions, or decisions without outside intervention.
Supreme independent authority
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
- independenceFreedom from external control
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
devolution · decentralization · autonomy · jurisdiction · secession · separatism · nationhood · republic
Power to act
- independenceFreedom from external control
- autodidactismLearning independently, without instructors
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
Formal choosing of officials
- votingFormally registering a choice
- representationDepiction or likeness
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
legislature · republic · citizenship · referendum · constituency · electorate · ballot · suffrage
Jointly operated enterprise
- communeShared-living community
- collectiveJointly organized group
- kibbutzIsraeli communal farm
- assemblyConstructing from components
council · consensus · participatory · grassroots · community-led · worker-owned · bottom-up · horizontal
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
- independenceFreedom from external control
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
federalism · devolution · decentralization · autonomy · jurisdiction · secession · separatism · nationhood · republic · democracy
agency
Power to act
- independenceFreedom from external control
- autodidactismLearning independently, without instructors
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
elections
Formal choosing of officials
- votingFormally registering a choice
- representationDepiction or likeness
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
senate · legislature · republic · citizenship · referendum · constituency · electorate · ballot · suffrage · deliberation
cooperative
Jointly operated enterprise
- communeShared-living community
- collectiveJointly organized group
- kibbutzIsraeli communal farm
assembly · council · consensus · participatory · grassroots · community-led · worker-owned · bottom-up · horizontal · collaborative
self-governcolonial rule
Foreign power's territorial dominion
foreign rule · imperial rule · vassal state · protectorate · dependency
self-governsubmit
Present for consideration
lose control · obey · follow orders · defer · comply
self, govern, government, governor, selfless, governing, governed, governance, governess