What does self-ruling mean?
Self-ruling means autonomous, self-governing.
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
autonomous, self-governing.
In recent years, Beijing has ramped up economic, diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan – a self-ruling democracy the Chinese Communist Party claims as its own despite having never governed it.
Use self-ruling when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Self-ruling means autonomous, self-governing.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In recent years, Beijing has ramped up economic, diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan – a self-ruling democracy the Chinese Communist Party claims as its own despite having never governed it.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.