self-rule
self-rule noun: rule of a group of people by their own leaders as opposed to rule imposed by a foreign government or people.
Noun
self-rule (uncountable)
- Rule of a group of people by their own leaders as opposed to rule imposed by a foreign government or people.
- Britain resumed direct control of North Ireland after just nine weeks of self-rule.
- Only two years ago a group of Uighur dissidents were discovered in Xinjiang, planning a province-wide uprising against Chinese rule. The slogan they were using was, "We want self-rule. We don't want to be dominated."1985, Tiziano Terzani, The Forbidden Door, Asia 2000 Ltd, pages 223-224
- Synonyms:
- self-government
self-rule meaning in Bengali, Punjabi and Gujarati
self-rule in Bengali
- self-rule, swaraj
- স্বরাজ svôraj
self-rule in Punjabi
- rule of a group of people by their own leaders
- ਸ੍ਵਰਾਜ svrāj
self-rule in Gujarati
- self-rule, home rule
- સ્વરાજ svarāj
Synonyms of self-rule
Origin of self-rule
From self- + rule.
Questions about self-rule
- What does self-rule mean?
- Self-rule means rule of a group of people by their own leaders as opposed to rule imposed by a foreign government or people.
- What is self-rule in Bengali?
- Self-rule in Bengali is স্বরাজ (svôraj). See Self-rule meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is self-rule?
- Self-rule is a noun.
Words near self-rule in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-rule (page history and authors); স্বরাজ (Bengali) (page history and authors); સ્વરાજ (Gujarati) (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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