self-determining

Definitions

Having the power or authority to make one's own decisions and govern one's own affairs.

Determined by one's own mind or will rather than by external forces.

Examples

The community fought for the right to be self-determining in their local governance.

A truly self-determining individual takes full responsibility for their own life choices.

The new policy aims to foster a self-determining workforce by allowing employees to set their own project goals.

Synonyms

autonomous independent sovereign self-governing free self-reliant unconstrained

Antonyms

dependent subservient controlled subordinate constrained subject coerced