self-government
81self- — aff. a combining form of self, appearing in various parts of speech, usu. with the implied notion that the agent and object or recipient of a given transitive predicate are identical (self control; self government; self help; self portrait), or… …
82self- — prefixal use of self, appearing in various parts of speech, expressing principally reflexive action, e.g., subject identical with direct object, as in self control, self government, self help; with indirect object or adverbial type relations, as… …
83self-mastery — n. Self command, self control, self restraint, self government …
84self-restraint — n. Self command, self mastery, self control, self government …
85self-gov·ern·ment — /ˌsɛlfˈgʌvɚnmənt/ noun [noncount] : government or control of a country, group, etc., by its own members rather than by the members of a different country, group, etc. the island s right to self government …
86self-rule — N UNCOUNT Self rule is the same as self government. The agreement gives the territory limited self rule …
87self-command — n. Self control, self government, self possession, equanimity …
88self-control — n. Self command, self government, self restraint …
89self-governed — /ˈsɛlf gʌvənd/ (say self guvuhnd) adjective governed by itself, or having self government, as a state or community; independent. –self governing, adjective …
90ˌself-ˈgoverning — adj something such as a country or organization that is self governing controls itself ˌself ˈgovernment noun [U] …