self-ruling

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ ruling.

Adjective

self-ruling (not comparable)

  1. autonomous, self-governing
    • 2023 March 13, Eric Cheung, Nectar Gan, “Taiwan says soldier who went missing has been found in China”, in CNN‎[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 13 March 2023:
      In recent years, Beijing has ramped up economic, diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan – a self-ruling democracy the Chinese Communist Party claims as its own despite having never governed it.
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