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self-ruling

self-ruling adjective: autonomous, self-governing.

Adjective

self-ruling (not comparable)

  1. autonomous, self-governing
    • In recent years, Beijing has ramped up economic, diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan – a self-ruling democracy the Chinese Communist Party claims as its own despite having never governed it.2023 March 13, Eric Cheung, Nectar Gan, “Taiwan says soldier who went missing has been found in China”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2023

Origin of self-ruling

From self- + ruling.

Questions about self-ruling

What does self-ruling mean?
Self-ruling means autonomous, self-governing.
What part of speech is self-ruling?
Self-ruling is an adjective.

Words near self-ruling in the dictionary

  1. self-rights
  2. self-rising
  3. self-rising flour
  4. self-rising flours
  5. self-rule
  6. self-ruling
  7. self-ruqya
  8. self-ruqyah
  9. self-ruqyahs
  10. self-ruqyas
  11. self-sabotage

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