Self-determination

//ˌsɛlfdɪˌtɜː(ɹ)mɪˈneɪʃən//

Synonyms for "self-determination" (119 found)

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Translations

40 translations across 34 languages.

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Arabic

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  • تَقْرِيرُ المَصِير noun (political independence of a people)

Armenian

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  • ինքնորոշում noun (political independence of a people)

Bulgarian

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  • самоопределе́ние noun (political independence of a people)
  • самоопределяне noun (ability or right to make one's own decisions without interference from others)

Catalan

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  • autodeterminació noun (political independence of a people)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 自決 /自决 noun (political independence of a people)

Czech

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  • sebeurčení noun (political independence of a people)

Danish

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  • selvbestemmelse noun (political independence of a people)

Dutch

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  • zelfbeschikking noun (political independence of a people)

Finnish

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  • itsemääräämisoikeus noun (political independence of a people)

French

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  • autodétermination noun (political independence of a people)

Galician

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  • autodeterminación noun (political independence of a people)

Georgian

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  • თვითგამორკვევა noun (political independence of a people)

German

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  • Selbstbestimmung noun (political independence of a people)

Greek

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  • αυτοδιάθεση noun (political independence of a people)

Hungarian

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  • önrendelkezés noun (political independence of a people)

Irish

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  • féinchinneadh noun (political independence of a people)
  • féinchinntiúchán noun (political independence of a people)

Italian

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  • autodeterminazione noun (political independence of a people)

Kazakh

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  • өзін-өзі билеу noun (political independence of a people)

Lithuanian

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  • apsisprendimas noun (political independence of a people)

Macedonian

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  • самоопределување noun (political independence of a people)

Māori

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  • motuhaketanga noun (political independence of a people)
  • tino rangatiratanga noun (political independence of a people)

Navajo

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  • tʼáá hó ájítʼéego noun (political independence of a people)

Norman

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  • dêtèrminnâtion dé sé noun (political independence of a people)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • selvbestemmelse noun (political independence of a people)
  • sjølbestemmelse noun (political independence of a people)

Persian

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  • تعیین سرنوشت noun (political independence of a people)

Polish

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  • samostanowienie noun (ability or right to make one's own decisions without interference from others)
  • samostanowienie noun (political independence of a people)

Portuguese

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  • autodeterminação noun (political independence of a people)

Romanian

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  • autodeterminare noun (political independence of a people)

Russian

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  • самоопределе́ние noun (political independence of a people)

Spanish

1 entries
  • autodeterminación noun (political independence of a people)

Swedish

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  • självbestämmande noun (political independence of a people)

Turkish

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  • otodeterminasyon noun (political independence of a people)

Ukrainian

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  • самовизначення noun (political independence of a people)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • quyền tự quyết noun (political independence of a people)
  • sự tự quyết noun (political independence of a people)

Sample sentences

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The great Kabyle singer Matoub Lounès criticized the dictatorship and even dared to criticize Islam. But when he dared to speak of the right of peoples to self-determination, and thus to the Kabyle people to have their state, he was assassinated by Algerian authorities.

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Our concepts of the world are different. No service is performed by failing to make clear our disagreements. A central difference is the belief of the American people in self-determination for all people.

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The Movement for the Self-Determination of Lilliput is here to defend the right of the Lilliputian language to exist.

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Algeria has ratified the Treaty on the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination, which supports, on the one hand, Palestine and Western Sahara only because they are so-called Arab-Islamic States, but on the other hand, assassinates any Kabyle opponent who aspires to the independence of Kabylia.

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