self-determination

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: self-de=ter=mi=na=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

self-determination, n. 

 Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

self-determination, n.
1 a nation's right to determine its own allegiance, government, etc.
2 the ability to act with free will, as opposed to fatalism etc.

Derivative

self-determined adj. self-determining adj.

THESAURUS

self-determination

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