'self-governing' definitions:
Definition of 'self-governing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn: autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign]
Synonyms of 'self-governing'
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- absolute,
- aristocratic,
- autarchic,
- autarkic,
- authoritarian,
- autocratic,
- automated,
- automatic,
- automatous,
- autonomous,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- constitutional,
- cybernated,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- free-spirited,
- freewheeling,
- governmental,
- gubernatorial,
- heteronomous,
- independent,
- individualistic,
- inner-directed,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- neutral,
- nonaligned,
- nonpartisan,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- popular,
- republican,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-adjusting,
- self-closing,
- self-contained,
- self-controlled,
- self-cooking,
- self-dependent,
- self-determined,
- self-directed,
- self-directing,
- self-dumping,
- self-governed,
- self-lighting,
- self-operative,
- self-regulative,
- self-reliant,
- self-starting,
- self-subsistent,
- self-sufficient,
- self-supporting,
- self-winding,
- self-working,
- semiautomatic,
- sovereign,
- spontaneous,
- theocratic,
- third-force,
- third-world,
- totalitarian