home rule

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.
2. (especially, historical, uncountable) The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of home rule class.

Synonyms

self-government

independence

swaraj

autonomy

Translations

Selbstverwaltung

αυτοδιοίκηση

Home Rule

autonomía