In 1935, the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth.
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Self-governing
Synonyms for "self-governing" (90 found)
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Related words (45)
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self-directedself-directingself-dumpingself-governedself-lightingself-operativeself-regulatingself-regulativeself-reliantself-startingself-subsistentself-sufficientself-supportingself-windingself-workingsemiautomaticsovereignspontaneoustheocraticthird worldthird-forcethird-worldtotalitarianunattached
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3 translations across 3 languages.
Hindi
1 entries- स्वायत्त adj (self-governing — see also autonomous)
Malayalam
1 entries- സ്വയംഭരണ adj (self-governing — see also autonomous)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- selvstyrende adj (self-governing — see also autonomous)
Sample sentences
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Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power.
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