Usually means: Autonomy in governing one's group.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-rule: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-rule: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-rule: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. self-rule, self-rule: Collins English Dictionary
  5. self-rule: Vocabulary.com
  6. Self-Rule, Self-rule, self-rule: Wordnik
  7. self-rule: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. self-rule: Wiktionary
  9. self-rule: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. self-rule: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. self-rule: Dictionary.com
  12. Self-rule: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. self-rule: Rhymezone
  14. self-rule: FreeDictionary.org
  15. self-rule: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. self-rule: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. self-rule: Legal dictionary

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

Similar:
self-government, self-determination, autarchy, form of government, representative democracy, heteronomy, sovereigntism, oligocracy, particularism, dictatorship, more...

Opposite:
domination, subjugation, tyranny, oppression, control

Types:
democracy, autocracy, theocracy, oligarchy, anarchy, monarchy, dictatorship, more...

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Similar:
self-government, self-determination, autarchy, form of government, representative democracy, heteronomy, sovereigntism, oligocracy, particularism, dictatorship, more...

Opposite:
domination, subjugation, tyranny, oppression, control

Types:
democracy, autocracy, theocracy, oligarchy, anarchy, monarchy, dictatorship, more...



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