NYTIMES ADJ

Self-governing

Arabic

مستقل

Definition

having the power to govern oneself, without external control

Example

"China, he said, has important economic leverage over Tehran that it could be willing to use in pursuit of goals it cares more about — chief among them, prying the United States away from Taiwan, the self-governing island Beijing claims is its own."

Antonyms

dependent controlled

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