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词汇 self-determining
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Definition of self-determining in English:

self-determining

adjective
  • 1(of a country) having the power or freedom to form its own government.

    the desire to live in a free, self-determining democracy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We are a sovereign, independent, small, feisty, self-determining nation, and we will tell people what we want to do.
    • It would contain an isolated and self-determining community where the inhabitants will grow up from an early age in a very low-tech environment.
    • The new states that arose would be neither self-determining nor democratic.
    • Nationalism is the doctrine that every culture ought to be self-determining.
    • They are planning and creating environmentally sustainable communities that are productive, self-reliant and self-determining.
    • Why don't we knuckle down and focus on working with the government to create a confident, self-determining nation where opportunity abounds for all.
    Synonyms
    independent, sovereign, autonomous, non-aligned, free
    1. 1.1 (of a person) having the power or freedom to control their own life.
      the individual feels competent and self-determining
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We ordinarily think that people are responsible for their bad conduct because they are self-determining.
      • We act very paternalistically toward them, and they don't develop a lot of self-determining, autonomous decision-making skills.
      • That each and every person can be freely and fully self-determining is at the heart of her writing.
      • Fredi was indeed fortunate to be born intelligent and became self-determining at an early age.
      • For those who pass the threshold of age and mental competence, the right to be self-determining in the major decisions in life is inviolate.
      • The interview was conducted in such a manner that the participant was respected as a self-determining individual.
      • Despite our attachment to the ideal of the free, self-determining individual, we humans are dependent social beings.
      • Allowing people to be self-determining is, they say, the only way to respect them as fully moral beings.
      • By curtailing the autonomy of the self-determining individual, authoritarian public health policies infantilise society, weaken democracy and diminish humanity.
      • As the earliest example of the modern self-determining artist, Michelangelo experienced incessant clashes with the authorities and regularly provoked the betrayal of jealous rivals.
      • They can be true to themselves and become self-determining.
      • By the late eighteenth century, Western Europeans were increasingly emphasizing marriage as a love-match between two self-determining individuals.
      • Along with having an authentic sense of cultural identity, heritage language students need to be able to make meaningful life choices in order to become self-determining.
      • He does not accept that we are more or less self-determining free agents.

Definition of self-determining in US English:

self-determining

adjectiveˌsɛlfdəˈtərmɪnɪŋˌselfdəˈtərminiNG
  • 1(of a country) having the power or freedom to form its own government.

    the desire to live in a free, self-determining democracy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It would contain an isolated and self-determining community where the inhabitants will grow up from an early age in a very low-tech environment.
    • We are a sovereign, independent, small, feisty, self-determining nation, and we will tell people what we want to do.
    • They are planning and creating environmentally sustainable communities that are productive, self-reliant and self-determining.
    • The new states that arose would be neither self-determining nor democratic.
    • Why don't we knuckle down and focus on working with the government to create a confident, self-determining nation where opportunity abounds for all.
    • Nationalism is the doctrine that every culture ought to be self-determining.
    Synonyms
    independent, sovereign, autonomous, non-aligned, free
    1. 1.1 (of a person) having the power or freedom to control their own life.
      the individual feels competent and self-determining
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They can be true to themselves and become self-determining.
      • That each and every person can be freely and fully self-determining is at the heart of her writing.
      • Along with having an authentic sense of cultural identity, heritage language students need to be able to make meaningful life choices in order to become self-determining.
      • Despite our attachment to the ideal of the free, self-determining individual, we humans are dependent social beings.
      • By curtailing the autonomy of the self-determining individual, authoritarian public health policies infantilise society, weaken democracy and diminish humanity.
      • As the earliest example of the modern self-determining artist, Michelangelo experienced incessant clashes with the authorities and regularly provoked the betrayal of jealous rivals.
      • By the late eighteenth century, Western Europeans were increasingly emphasizing marriage as a love-match between two self-determining individuals.
      • For those who pass the threshold of age and mental competence, the right to be self-determining in the major decisions in life is inviolate.
      • We ordinarily think that people are responsible for their bad conduct because they are self-determining.
      • Fredi was indeed fortunate to be born intelligent and became self-determining at an early age.
      • He does not accept that we are more or less self-determining free agents.
      • Allowing people to be self-determining is, they say, the only way to respect them as fully moral beings.
      • The interview was conducted in such a manner that the participant was respected as a self-determining individual.
      • We act very paternalistically toward them, and they don't develop a lot of self-determining, autonomous decision-making skills.
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