self-governing

Definitions

Exercising self-rule or autonomy; independent.

Relating to a political unit that manages its own internal affairs.

Examples

The indigenous community established a self-governing council to manage their local resources.

After the revolution, the territory became a self-governing state with its own constitution.

The students formed a self-governing body to organize campus events and address academic concerns.

Synonyms

autonomous independent sovereign self-ruling self-determining free autarchic

Antonyms

dependent subservient subject controlled subordinate colonized ruled