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autodeterminación

self-determination

noun ow-toh-deh-tehr-mee-nah-SYON Rare
People & Society Politics

Usage Note

Autodeterminación is a political and legal term for the right of a people to decide its own governance — most prominently in derecho de autodeterminación de los pueblos (right of peoples to self-determination). It is a compound of auto- (self) + determinación (determination). The concept is central to debates about independence movements in Catalonia and the Basque Country.

Examples

"El partido defiende el derecho a la autodeterminación."

Natural Translation

The party defends the right to self-determination.

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