self-governing

adjective
🔊/ˌself ˈɡʌvənɪŋ/
🔊/ˌself ˈɡʌvərnɪŋ/
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  1. (of a country or an organization国家或机构) governed or controlled by its own people or members, not by others自治
    • a self-governing community一个自治社区
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySelf-governing is used with these nouns:
    • colony
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