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self-determining

self-determining is the present participle and gerund of self-determine.

Meaning of self-determine

Verb

self-determine (third-person singular simple present self-determines, present participle self-determining, simple past and past participle self-determined)

  1. To make one's own decisions without outside interference.

Questions about self-determining

What is self-determining the present participle and gerund of?
Self-determining is the present participle and gerund of self-determine.

Words near self-determining in the dictionary

  1. self-determinant
  2. self-determination
  3. self-determine
  4. self-determined
  5. self-determines
  6. self-determining
  7. self-determinism
  8. self-determinist
  9. self-determinists
  10. self-devoted
  11. self-devotion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-determining (page history and authors); self-determine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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