self-gov·ern·ment /-ˈgʌvɚ/
 自治,自製,克己


 Self-gov·ern·ment n.
 1. The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.
 2. Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy.
    It is to self-government, the great principle of popular representation and administration, -- the system that lets in all to participate in the councels that are to assign the good or evil to all, -- that we may owe what we are and what we hope to be.   --D. Webster.

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 self-government
      n : government of a country by its own people [syn: self-determination,
           self-rule]