Meaning | government of a political unit by its own people. |
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Synonyms | self-government, self-determination |
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Narrower | home rule | self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government |
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local option | freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction |
sovereignty | government free from external control |
Broader | autonomy, liberty | immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority |
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Spanish | autodeterminación, autogobierno, derecho de autodeterminación |
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Catalan | autodeterminació, autogovern |
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