say it: SELF-guhv-urn-muhnt
self-government is a noun meaning "government of a political unit by its own people". It carries one recorded sense.
government of a political unit by its own people
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for self-government 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.