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say it: SELF-guhv-ur-ning
self-governing is an adjective meaning "(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces". It carries one recorded sense.
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
“an autonomous judiciary”
“a sovereign state”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for self-governing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.