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Meaning of self-determination | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
ˌsɛlfdɪˌtɜː(ɹ)mɪˈneɪʃən

Definitions

  1. The ability or human right to make one's own decisions without interference from others
  2. The political independence of a people
  3. self-determination of peoples: the collective right to determine its own destiny in the international order, to choose its own political status and to determine its own form of economic, cultural and social development, the right to establish a state

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Examples

“The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations saying the future of the Falklands can only be decided by the islanders themselves in accordance with the UN principle of self-determination.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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