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My mother was pragmatic, focused and extremely, exceedingly practical, and she was the ultimate self-determining person.
Ursula Burns

Meaning of "self-determining" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-DETERMINING

self-determining  [ˌselfdɪˈtɜːmɪnɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-DETERMINING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Determining is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SELF-DETERMINING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of self-determining in the English dictionary

The definition of self-determining in the dictionary is exercising the right to determine its own form of government without influence from outside. Other definition of self-determining is exercising the power or ability to make a decision for yourself without influence from outside.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELF-DETERMINING


adjoining
əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ
award-winning
əˈwɔːdˌwɪnɪŋ
bargaining
ˈbɑːɡɪnɪŋ
beginning
bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ
beginnings
bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ
combining
kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ
declining
dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ
designing
dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ
determining
dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪŋ
entertaining
ˌɛntəˈteɪnɪŋ
lining
ˈlaɪnɪŋ
mining
ˈmaɪnɪŋ
remaining
rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ
self-examining
ˌsɛlfɪɡˈzæmɪnɪŋ
shining
ˈʃaɪnɪŋ
signing
ˈsaɪnɪŋ
spinning
ˈspɪnɪŋ
sustaining
səsˈteɪnɪŋ
training
ˈtreɪnɪŋ
winning
ˈwɪnɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-DETERMINING

self-deceptive
self-declared
self-defeating
self-defence
self-defense
self-defensive
self-delusion
self-denial
self-denying
self-denyingly
self-deprecating
self-deprecatingly
self-deprecatory
self-depreciating
self-destruct
self-destruction
self-destructive
self-determination
self-determined
self-development

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-DETERMINING

basic training
cleaning
coal mining
collective bargaining
cross training
data mining
in-service training
in training
management training
off-the-job training
on-the-job training
out of training
potty training
reclining
silver lining
staff training
streamlining
teacher training
underlining
weight training
whining

Synonyms and antonyms of self-determining in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «self-determining» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-DETERMINING

Find out the translation of self-determining to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-determining from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-determining» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自我决定
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autodeterminada
570 millions of speakers

English

self-determining
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वयं का निर्धारण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقرير المصير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самоопределяющей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto- determinação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ব-নির্ধারিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

auto- détermination
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menentukan sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

selbstbestimmt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己決定の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 결정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nentokake dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự xác định
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய தீர்மானிப்பதில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्व-निर्धारण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hür iradeli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

auto- determinazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samo- określenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самовизначатися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto- determinare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτο - προσδιορισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self- bepaling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

själv bestämning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvbestemmende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-determining

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-DETERMINING»

The term «self-determining» is normally little used and occupies the 127.702 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-DETERMINING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-determining

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QUOTES WITH «SELF-DETERMINING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word self-determining.
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Ursula Burns
My mother was pragmatic, focused and extremely, exceedingly practical, and she was the ultimate self-determining person.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-DETERMINING»

Discover the use of self-determining in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-determining and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Self-Determining Haiti
TO know the reasons for the present political situation in Haiti, to understand why the United States landed and has for five years maintained military forces in that country, why some three thousand Haitian men, women, and children have ...
James Weldon James Weldon Johnson, 2013
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An Inquiry Respecting the Self-Determining Power of the Will
Through these books, scholars, interpreters, students, and non-academics alike can see the thoughts and beliefs of Americans who came before us.""
Jeremiah Day, 2001
3
Model Theory
Let S and T be self-determining sets. Then each of the following sets is self- determining: SUT, vs, /\s, (3x)/\S, B(S). PROOF. The fact that S u T is self- determining follows from the definition. The sets '1 S, /\ S, 3x/\ S are self- determining by ...
C.C. Chang, H.J. Keisler, 1990
4
National Self-Determination and Justice in Multinational States
Self-determination in most cases includes self-governing aspects, but if a group is not in control of its status after having relinquished certain powers and prerogatives, it is not self-determining. While self-government rights are the most  ...
Anna Moltchanova, 2009
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Having the World in View: Essays on Kant, Hegel, and Sellars
A stress on self-determining subjectivity is characteristic of German idealism in general. Hegel takes this theme to an extreme with his talk of absolute knowing as the free self-realization of the Concept. Now my title is meant to point to an ...
John Henry McDowell, 2009
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Ethics and Self-Knowledge: Respect for Self-Interpreting Agents
For Kant, all rationally self-determining beings possess the full measure of human dignity.70 If he is right about this, then the moral stakes do not diminish as the difficulty of distinguishing the genuinely self-determining from the non-self- ...
Peter Lucas, 2011
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Being and Dialectic: Metaphysics as a Cultural Presence
By inclusive self-determining, I mean the claim that the doubleness of self and other in what looks likes mutual determination is held by Hegel to reveal that both self and other are included in a more embracing process of dialectical ...
William Desmond, Joseph Grange, 2000
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Identity and Difference: Studies in Hegel's Logic, ...
But still, Hegel requires that one understand thought as thoroughly self- determining. Does this not imply that the mediated unity of thought and reality or being finally amounts to a self-mediated unity of thought with itself that eliminates the ...
Philip T. Grier, 2012
9
Time and Experience
The special temporality of human being does not establish either that humans are essentially self-determining or that there is any obligation to be self- determining. One of the objectives of Heidegger and Sartre was to establish that human ...
Peter Mcinerney, 1992
10
System of Transcendental Idealism (1800)
The ideal activity, directed solely upon pure self-determining, must become an object to the self through a demand, which demand, indeed, can be no other than this: the self shall will nothing else put pure self-determining itself, for by this ...
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-DETERMINING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-determining is used in the context of the following news items.
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Buffalo School Board Member Says Receivership Will Improve …
I think it will strengthen the role of parents' groups in self-determining the path of their school, and I think that it will, it should really breed innovation, which has ... «TWC News, Jul 15»
2
Legal Beagle: The University of Denver Creates Professorship for …
... New York arguing that two research chimps, Hercules and Leo, are “autonomous and self-determining beings” who shouldn't be imprisoned against their will. «Westword, Jul 15»
3
Syria: intervention can never be democratic
That is the problem with intervention: it works against and eventually snuffs out the self-determining impulse of a people. It places their future in the hands of ... «Spiked, Jul 15»
4
The Mythological Moralities of Planned Parenthood and Caitlyn …
... which has no expressible inner will, but which does have a well-formed and beautiful body, should not be allowed to veto the self-determining will of anyone, ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
5
Why sustainable business begins in the classroom
... such efforts, Guelph business students are learning first-hand about the power of entrepreneurship to help families and communities become self-determining. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
6
Bridging the Gap Between Animals Rights and Civil Rights: Hope …
... because they are autonomous and self-determining means that the Nonhuman Rights Project is claiming that autonomy and self-determination are necessary, ... «One Green Planet, Jun 15»
7
Christchurch City Council has financial house in order - mayor
"We [have] become politically self-determining. We are in a position as a council to ensure we can meet our obligations," Dalziel told councillors on Tuesday. «The Press, Jun 15»
8
Mark Patinkin: Hold the coffee milk, it's time for Rhode Island …
This 500-pound self-determining guy has survived almost 30 lightning strikes and sports a spear, anchor and loincloth. 7. A two-parter: This official state drink ... «The Providence Journal, Jun 15»
9
Court hearing in NYC on chimps' rights
Their lawyers say in their petition that the court should recognise the chimps as 'autonomous and self-determining beings' who have the right to bodily liberty. «Sky News Australia, May 15»
10
Lawyer says confinement of chimps at NY university for research …
... told Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Barbara Jaffe in a nearly two-hour hearing that Hercules and Leo are “autonomous and self-determining beings” who ... «680 News, May 15»

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