as in democracy
government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation
the newly created United States opted for self-rule rather than monarchy
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Recent Examples of self-rule
When a permanent member of the UN Security Council tries to deny self-rule to more than 40 million people, the whole world feels the blow.
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Lloyd J. Austin Iii, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
The Palestinians secured limited self-rule in Gaza and parts of the occupied West Bank through the 1993 Oslo agreements.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
The framers of the Constitution were brilliant in understanding that if their quest for self-rule was to succeed, a system of checks and balances would be required to avoid aggregation of power.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2024
Even in some Burman-majority regions, the idea of de facto self-rule is gaining momentum, and local communities, organizations, and armed resistance groups are starting to put the administrative building blocks in place.
—Richard Horsey, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2024
In the medium term, if Israel hopes to rely on its Arab partners in Gaza to provide security, coordinate and fund reconstruction, and equip a new generation of Palestinian leaders with the skills needed to govern, Israel must tangibly commit to Palestinian self-rule and eventual statehood.
—TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
In doing so, Israel would be fulfilling the ultimate purpose of Zionism, which is Jewish self-rule — neither rule by others nor rule over others.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
That agreement, between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, was meant to lay the foundation for a two-state solution and establish Palestinian self-rule.
—Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
Under interim peace deals from a generation ago, the self-rule government was meant to expand and eventually run a future Palestinian state.
—Julia Frankel, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024
Lloyd J. Austin Iii, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
The Palestinians secured limited self-rule in Gaza and parts of the occupied West Bank through the 1993 Oslo agreements.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
The framers of the Constitution were brilliant in understanding that if their quest for self-rule was to succeed, a system of checks and balances would be required to avoid aggregation of power.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2024
Even in some Burman-majority regions, the idea of de facto self-rule is gaining momentum, and local communities, organizations, and armed resistance groups are starting to put the administrative building blocks in place.
—Richard Horsey, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2024
In the medium term, if Israel hopes to rely on its Arab partners in Gaza to provide security, coordinate and fund reconstruction, and equip a new generation of Palestinian leaders with the skills needed to govern, Israel must tangibly commit to Palestinian self-rule and eventual statehood.
—TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
In doing so, Israel would be fulfilling the ultimate purpose of Zionism, which is Jewish self-rule — neither rule by others nor rule over others.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
That agreement, between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, was meant to lay the foundation for a two-state solution and establish Palestinian self-rule.
—Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
Under interim peace deals from a generation ago, the self-rule government was meant to expand and eventually run a future Palestinian state.
—Julia Frankel, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024
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“Self-rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-rule. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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