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self-ruling

ADJECTIVE
autonomous
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self-governing sovereign
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free self-determining uncontrolled
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subservient
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dependent subject
ADJECTIVE
democratic
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autonomous constitutional egalitarian free orderly popular
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common communal equal friendly individualistic informal just libertarian populist
ADJECTIVE
free
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autonomous democratic freed independent separate
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emancipated enfranchised liberated sovereign
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at liberty autarchic autonomic individualistic self-directing self-governing sui juris unconstrained unenslaved unregimented
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enslaved occupied restrained suppressed
ADJECTIVE
independent
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autonomous nonpartisan self-reliant self-sufficient separate sovereign
STRONG
absolute
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autarchic autarchical freewheeling individualistic nonaligned on one's own self-contained self-determining self-governing self-supporting separated unaided unallied unconnected unconstrained uncontrolled unregimented
Antonyms
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dependent subordinate subservient
ADJECTIVE
self-contained
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autonomous self-governing self-sufficient self-supporting
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absolute autarchic autarchical freewheeling individualistic nonaligned nonpartisan on one's own self-determining self-reliant separate separated sovereign unaided unallied unconnected unconstrained uncontrolled unregimented
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dependent
ADJECTIVE
self-supporting
Synonyms
STRONGEST
autonomous nonpartisan self-contained self-governing self-reliant self-sufficient
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absolute autarchic autarchical freewheeling individualistic nonaligned on one's own self-determining separate separated sovereign unaided unallied unconnected unconstrained uncontrolled unregimented
Antonyms
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dependent

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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was not sure whether he would discuss the sensitive topic of self-ruling Taiwan during his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

Greenland is an Alaska-sized, self-ruling Danish territory off North America, between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

The self-ruling island is a major producer of computer chips, which are crucial to the technology that drives the global economy.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

Taiwan is a self-ruling island of 24 million people that is officially known as the Republic of China.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2023

No self-ruling Aspasia she, but a frail woman mourning over a lot.

From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I by Fuller, Margaret