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Webster 1913 Edition


Self-government

Selfˊ-gov′ern-ment

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Noun.
1.
The act of governing one’s self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.
2.
Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy.
It is to
self-government
, the great principle of popular representation and administration, – the system that lets in all to participate in the councels that are to assign the good or evil to all, – that we may owe what we are and what we hope to be.
D. Webster.

Definition 2024


self-government

self-government

English

Noun

self-government (uncountable)

  1. The governance of a region by its own populace; autonomy.
    The radical party agitated for the region to secede from the confederation and establish self-government.

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