In 1935, the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth.
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Self-governing
Synonyms for "self-governing" (108 found)
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Noun(2 words)
autonomous agentcounty autonomy
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Noun(4 words)
Adjective(8 words)
independentindependent factionsindependent nationindividual autonomyitalian indipendenzalocal autonomymodern nation statesnation-state-like
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neutralnonalignednonpartisanofficialoligarchaloligarchicparliamentarianparliamentarypatriarchalpatriarchicpluralisticpoliticalpopularrepublicanself-actingself-activeself-adjustingself-closingself-containedself-controlled
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self-cookingself-dependentself-determinedself-directedself-directingself-dumpingself-governedself-lightingself-operativeself-regulatingself-regulativeself-reliantself-startingself-subsistentself-sufficientself-supportingself-windingself-workingsemiautomaticsovereignspontaneoustheocraticthird worldthird-forcethird-worldtotalitarianunattached
Adjective(2 words)
personal freedomsovereign
Noun(5 words)
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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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