self-determining
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But it is more interested in the trails he blazed as a Black cultural figure and self-determining professional athlete, and it favors writers, pundits and scholars over basketball players in its interviews.
From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2023
In this discourse, there is no self-determining collective subject in politics, only disembodied individuals held together by the allure of cults, demagogues and the strong odor of hate.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2022
But Finland kept the most important, most imperishable thing: its full independence as a free, self-determining nation.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2022
“By giving them these spaces, we are really setting up teens to advocate for themselves, and also to live self-determining lives later on, instead of just learning from adults.”
From The Verge • Jul. 27, 2021
Thus, according to Edwards, the self-determining power of the will necessarily runs out into the absurdity of an infinite series of volitions.
From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor
