self-rule

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English rule English self-rule From self- + rule.

1. Rule of a group of people by their own leaders as opposed to rule imposed by a foreign government or people.

   “Britain resumed direct control of North Ireland after just nine weeks of self-rule.”

   “Only two years ago a group of Uighur dissidents were discovered in Xinjiang, planning a province-wide uprising against Chinese rule. The slogan they were using was, "We want self-rule. We don't want to be dominated."”