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self-determination

[self-di-tur-muh-ney-shuhn, self-] / ˈsɛlf dɪˌtɜr məˈneɪ ʃən, ˌsɛlf- /


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It also sets out how redevelopment and reform might create "a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood".

From BBC

Cabinet minister Pat McFadden said on Sunday that Ukraine's security and self-determination would be "at the heart" of the leaders' discussions in London.

From BBC

As a Jew, I was especially drawn to the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr., for whom Zionism—the Jewish longing for self-determination—was inseparable from the universal struggle for human rights.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the same time, the administration’s apparent tolerance for patient self-determination was a hard-won result of the patient campaign to change Carville’s institutional culture from that of a hospital to a community.

From Salon

The group paid tribute to Minelli, saying he had led a "life for freedom of choice, self-determination, and human rights".

From BBC