self-determinationnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌself.dɪˌtɜː.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌself.dɪˌtɝː.məˈneɪ.ʃən/the ability or power to make decisions for yourself, especially the power of a nation to decide how it will be governed
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Colonisation & self-government
- annex
- autonomous
- autonomy
- client state
- colonial
- crown colony
- decolonization
- dependency
- devolution
- devolve
- independence
- Independence Day
- nationalism
- nationalist
- neocolonialism
- self-rule
- separatism
- separatist
- the British Empire
- the free world
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