SELF-GOVERNED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

self-governed

adjective

ˌself-ˈgə-vərnd

as in independent

not being under the rule or control of another far beyond the reach of civil or military authorities, the settlers on the frontier were essentially self-governed

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Recent Examples of self-governed Local nonprofit Safe Ground Sacramento was responsible for operating the camp, which was self-governed by residents. —

Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024 Council membership is entirely self-governed, vendor free, and prioritizes cross-industry members to ensure nuanced perspectives. —

Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024 Although Taiwan has been self-governed for more than seven decades, it is not recognized by the U.N. as a nation in its own right, with the organization regarding Beijing as the island’s diplomatic representative. —

Bychloe Taylor, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023

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Those schools were, according to former pupils, hotbeds of cruelty and child abuse — an independent investigation in 2005 found evidence of criminal assault at the boys’ school in the 1970s and ’80s — as well as highly traditionalist values.

Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Four years later, the Coastal Act established the commission as an independent and permanent agency with the power to review construction and other activities in the coastal zone, which extends from high tide to as much as five miles inland.

Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024