noun
- determination by oneself or itself, without outside influence.
- freedom to live as one chooses, or to act or decide without consulting another or others.
- the determining by the people of the form their government shall have, without reference to the wishes of any other nation, especially by people of a territory or former colony.
noun
- the power or ability to make a decision for oneself without influence from outside
- the right of a nation or people to determine its own form of government without influence from outside
n.1680s, “determination of mind,” from self- + determination. Political sense is attested from 1911, popularized by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924).