self-rule
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.77 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Rule of a group of people by their own leaders as opposed to rule imposed by a foreign government or people.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Britain resumed direct control of North Ireland after just nine weeks of self-rule."
- "Only two years ago a group of Uighur dissidents were discovered in Xinjiang, planning a province-wide uprising against Chinese rule. The slogan they were using was, "We want self-rule. We don't want to be dominated.""
- "Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned a security summit Friday that "Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow", as concerns grow that China could invade democratic, self-ruled Taiwan."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English rule English self-rule From self- + rule.