self-determination Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun government of a political unit by its own people
    self-rule; self-government.
  2. noun determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion

WordNet


Self`-de*ter`mi*na"tion noun
Definitions
  1. Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.

Webster 1913