Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SELF-GOVERNMENT
SELF-GOVERNMENT Self `-gov "ern *ment, n.
1. The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.
2. Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy. It is to self-government, the great principle of popular representation and administration, -- the system that lets in all to participate in the councels that are to assign the good or evil to all, -- that we may owe what we are and what we hope to be. D. Webster.
New American Oxford Dictionary
self-government
self-gov ern ment |sɛlf ˈɡəvər (n )mənt | ▶noun 1 government of a country by its own people, esp. after having been a colony. 2 another term for self-control. DERIVATIVES self-gov erned adjective, self-gov ern ing adjective
Oxford Dictionary
self-government
self-govern ¦ment ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 government of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony. 2 old-fashioned term for self-control. DERIVATIVES self-governed adjective
American Oxford Thesaurus
self-government
self-government noun the self-government of our island nation: independence, self-rule, home rule, self-determination, sovereignty, autonomy, nonalignment, freedom. ANTONYMS hegemony, colonialism.
Oxford Thesaurus
self-government
self-government noun Senegal achieved self-government in 1958: independence, self-rule, home rule, self-legislation, self-determination, sovereignty, autonomy, non-alignment, freedom. ANTONYMS hegemony, colonialism.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
self-government
s è lf-g ó vernment 名詞 U 1 (国の )自治, 自治政治 .2 自制, 克己 (self-control ).
The Wordsmith Dictionary