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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

noun Determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion; free will.
noun Freedom of the people of a given area to determine their own political status; independence.

from The Century Dictionary.

noun Determination by one's self or itself; determination by one's own will or powers, without extraneous impulse or influence.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

noun Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

noun The ability or right to make one's own decisions without interference from others
noun politics The political independence of a people

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion
noun government of a political unit by its own people

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self- +‎ determination

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"He mentioned the term self-determination half a dozen times but never related self determination to Palestinians."

Obama Speech Elicits Conflicting Reactions Charles Levinson 2011
Even the term 'self-determination' has to be modified as religious people may understand the movement of their life not as self-determined but rather as co-determined with God's will.

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber: Defining One's Own Destiny: Self-Determination, Religion And The 'Arab Spring' Wolfgang Danspeckgruber 2011
Even the term 'self-determination' has to be modified as religious people may understand the movement of their life not as self-determined but rather as co-determined with God's will.

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber: Defining One's Own Destiny: Self-Determination, Religion And The 'Arab Spring' Wolfgang Danspeckgruber 2011
Even the term 'self-determination' has to be modified as religious people may understand the movement of their life not as self-determined but rather as co-determined with God's will.

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber: Defining One's Own Destiny: Self-Determination, Religion And The 'Arab Spring' Wolfgang Danspeckgruber 2011
Even the term 'self-determination' has to be modified as religious people may understand the movement of their life not as self-determined but rather as co-determined with God's will.

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber: Defining One's Own Destiny: Self-Determination, Religion And The 'Arab Spring' Wolfgang Danspeckgruber 2011
Even the term 'self-determination' has to be modified as religious people may understand the movement of their life not as self-determined but rather as co-determined with God's will.

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber: Defining One's Own Destiny: Self-Determination, Religion And The 'Arab Spring' Wolfgang Danspeckgruber 2011
Even the term 'self-determination' has to be modified as religious people may understand the movement of their life not as self-determined but rather as co-determined with God's will.

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber: Defining One's Own Destiny: Self-Determination, Religion And The 'Arab Spring' Wolfgang Danspeckgruber 2011
Even the term 'self-determination' has to be modified as religious people may understand the movement of their life not as self-determined but rather as co-determined with God's will.

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber: Defining One's Own Destiny: Self-Determination, Religion And The 'Arab Spring' Wolfgang Danspeckgruber 2011
Even the term 'self-determination' has to be modified as religious people may understand the movement of their life not as self-determined but rather as co-determined with God's will.

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber: Defining One's Own Destiny: Self-Determination, Religion And The 'Arab Spring' Wolfgang Danspeckgruber 2011
Even the term 'self-determination' has to be modified as religious people may understand the movement of their life not as self-determined but rather as co-determined with God's will.

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber: Defining One's Own Destiny: Self-Determination, Religion And The 'Arab Spring' Wolfgang Danspeckgruber 2011

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from The Century Dictionary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

from The Century Dictionary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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