Example sentences for: self-determination

How can you use “self-determination” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In 1917 self-determination in India seemed nearer when London announced its plan for “the progressive realization of responsible government in India as an integral part of the (British) Empire. ”

  • The principle of national self-determination, urged so adamantly in the twentieth century, derives from the same source: every nation is entitled to preserve its own culture, cultivate its language, and express itself as a subject of the international community.

  • Nationalism never completely disappeared, however, and in the latter part of the century there has been a concerted (though peaceful) effort to gain self-determination for Scotland.

  • "Because I'm worth it") were seminal declarations of female self-determination.

  • The manifesto stressed the concept of ethnic nationalism and self-determination, and of the need for Chicanos to control their own communities, schools, and political structures.


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