self-determination

Questions about self-determination

What does self-determination mean?

self-determination means "government of a political unit by its own people". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in self-determination?

self-determination has 6 syllables: self--de-ter-mi-na-tion. The stress falls on "self-". In IPA it is /ˈsɛlfdɪˌtɝməˈneɪʃən/.

What is another word for self-determination?

Close synonyms include self-government, self-rule. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-determination a common word?

self-determination is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with self-determination?

73 words rhyme with self-determination. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.