Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
self-rule
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, self-rule is a new force still being tested.
▪ He thereby joined their experiment in self-rule.
▪ In the town of Diyarbakir around 5,000 protestors demanding self-rule clashed with police on April 9.
▪ It won self-rule two decades ago after a long love-hate relationship as a legal ward of the federal government.
▪ Not all Athenians subscribed to that principle and agreed with the idea of democratic self-rule.
▪ Yet somehow the delusion has taken hold that a commitment to democratic self-rule means coaxing apathetic numbskulls into voting.
Wiktionary
self-rule
n. rule of a group of people by their own leaders as opposed to rule imposed by a foreign government or people.
WordNet
self-rule
n. government of a country by its own people [syn: self-government, self-determination]
Usage examples of "self-rule".
If democracy and self-rule are the fundamentals, then why should people give up these rights when they enter their workplace?