right to self-determination

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• right to self-determination — right to choose one s own personal direction; right of a nation s citizens to choose their own government …   English contemporary dictionary

• self-determination — self determined, adj. self determining, adj. /self di terr meuh nay sheuhn, self /, n. 1. determination by oneself or itself, without outside influence. 2. freedom to live as one chooses, or to act or decide without consulting another or others.… …   Universalium

• Self-determination — This article is about self determination in international law. For other uses, see Self determination (disambiguation). Self determination is the principle in international law that nations have the right to freely choose their sovereignty and… …   Wikipedia

• self-determination — index discretion (power of choice), freedom, home rule, liberty, suffrage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• self-determination — [self′di tʉr΄mə nā′shən] n. 1. the act or power of making up one s own mind about what to think or do, without outside influence or compulsion 2. the right of a people to decide upon its own political status or form of government, without outside …   English World dictionary

• Self-determination of Australian Aborigines — The concept of self determination has, since 2003, become a topic of some debate in Australia in relation to Aboriginals (Indigenous Australians). In the early 1970s, the Aboriginal community approached the Government of Australia and requested… …   Wikipedia

• self-determination — N UNCOUNT Self determination is the right of a country to be independent, instead of being controlled by a foreign country, and to choose its own form of government. Syn: independence …   English dictionary

• self-determination — self determi nation n [U] the right of the people of a particular country to govern themselves and to choose the type of government they will have …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• self-determination — n. 1 a nation s right to determine its own allegiance, government, etc. 2 the ability to act with free will, as opposed to fatalism etc. Derivatives: self determined adj. self determining adj …   Useful english dictionary

• self-determination — noun a) The ability or right to make your own decisions without interference from others b) The political independence of a people …   Wiktionary

• self-determination — noun (U) the right of the people of a particular country to govern themselves and to choose the type of government they will have …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English