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self-de·ter·mi·na·tion    Audio Help   [self-di-tur-muh-ney-shuhn, self-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.determination by oneself or itself, without outside influence.
2.freedom to live as one chooses, or to act or decide without consulting another or others.
3.the determining by the people of the form their government shall have, without reference to the wishes of any other nation, esp. by people of a territory or former colony.
[Origin: 1670–80; 1915–20 for def. 3]

—Related forms
self-de·ter·mined, adjective
self-de·ter·min·ing, adjective
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self-de·ter·mi·na·tion   (sělf'dĭ-tûr'mə-nā'shən)
n.  
  1. Determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion; free will.
  2. Freedom of the people of a given area to determine their own political status; independence.

self'-de·ter'mined (-tûr'mĭnd) adj., self'-de·ter'min·ing (-tûr'mĭ-nĭng) adj. & n.
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self-determination 
1683, "determination of mind," from self + determination. Political sense is attested from 1911, popularized by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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self-determination

noun
1. government of a political unit by its own people [syn: self-government] 
2. determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion 

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Self-determination

Self`-de*ter`mi*na"tion\, n. Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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