self-determination

English

Etymology

self- +‎ determination

Noun

self-determination (uncountable)

1. The ability or right to make one's own decisions without interference from others
2. (politics) The political independence of a people
   • 2013, Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism (in The Guardian, 3 January 2013)[1]

     The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations saying the future of the Falklands can only be decided by the islanders themselves in accordance with the UN principle of self-determination.

Translations

political independence of a people

• Armenian: ինքնորոշում (hy) (inkʻnorošum)
• Catalan: autodeterminació f
• Czech: sebeurčení n
• Danish: selvbestemmelse c
• Dutch: zelfbeschikking (nl) f
• Finnish: itsemääräämisoikeus (fi)
• French: autodétermination (fr)
• Georgian: თვითგამორკვევა (tvitgamorḳveva)
• German: Selbstbestimmung (de) f
• Greek: αυτοδιάθεση (el) f (aftodiáthesi)
• Hungarian: önrendelkezés (hu)
• Irish: féinchinneadh m
• Italian: autodeterminazione (it) f
• Kazakh: өзін-өзі билеу (özın-özı bileu)
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• Lithuanian: apsisprendimas m
• Macedonian: самоопределување n (samoopredeluvanje)
• Maori: motuhaketanga, tino rangatiratanga
• Navajo: tʼáá hó ájítʼéego
• Norman: dêtèrminnâtion dé sé f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvbestemmelse m, sjølbestemmelse m

• Persian: تعیین سرنوشت (ta'yin-e sarnevešt)
• Portuguese: autodeterminação (pt) f
• Russian: самоопределе́ние (ru) n (samoopredelénije)
• Spanish: autodeterminación f
• Vietnamese: sự tự quyết, quyền tự quyết

See also

• territorial integrity