self-government

/sɛlf ˌgʌvər(n)mənt/

Definitions of self-government

1. noun

   government by a country's own people rather than by an outside power
   synonyms: self-determination, self-rule

   types:

   sovereignty

   government free from external control

   local option

   freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction

   home rule

   self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government

   type of:

   autonomy, liberty

   immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence