self-governing
adjective /ˌself ˈɡʌvənɪŋ/
/ˌself ˈɡʌvərnɪŋ/
- (of a country or an organization) governed or controlled by its own people or members, not by others
- a self-governing community
Oxford Collocations DictionarySelf-governing is used with these nouns:- colony