self-determination is often seen as a moral and legal right that every nation is entitled to a sovereign territorial state, and that every specifically identifiable population should choose which state it belongs to, often by plebiscite. It is commonly used to justify the aspirations of an ethnic group that self-identifies as a nation toward forming an independent sovereign state, but it equally grants the right to reject sovereignty and join a larger multi-ethnic state.
Self determination gave rise to decolonization/independence movements in Asia and Africa. Resource Wikipedia.org
by jumil August 19, 2007
Man A: I bet you could not get a definition published on Urban Dictionalry.
Man B: Yeah, no problem.
A week later
Man A: So??
Man B: Dude, it took 6 days, and 374 tried but I got one, although I missed my Grans Funeral and College Entrance Exams!
Man A: That's Dogged Determination!
Man B: Yeah, no problem.
A week later
Man A: So??
Man B: Dude, it took 6 days, and 374 tried but I got one, although I missed my Grans Funeral and College Entrance Exams!
Man A: That's Dogged Determination!
by BM82 January 10, 2015
Man A: I bet you could not get a definition published on Urban Dictionalry.
Man B: Yeah, no problem.
A week later
Man A: So??
Man B: Dude, it took 6 days, and 374 tried but I got one, although I missed my Grans Funeral and College Entrance Exams!
Man A: That's Dogged Determination!
Man B: Yeah, no problem.
A week later
Man A: So??
Man B: Dude, it took 6 days, and 374 tried but I got one, although I missed my Grans Funeral and College Entrance Exams!
Man A: That's Dogged Determination!
by BM82 January 10, 2015
The ability for a nation or people to decide their own sovereign status. This ability is granted to nations only when the United States determines that it has nothing to gain or too much to lose by invading and/or instilling a coup. Subject to change at any time.
Did you see the thing about Australia?
Yeah, yeah. It's such a shame when a country gets its self determination revoked.
Crazy, isn't it? And not even a month after they found that massive oil deposit.
Yeah, yeah. It's such a shame when a country gets its self determination revoked.
Crazy, isn't it? And not even a month after they found that massive oil deposit.
by not a badger April 03, 2018
An argument that most people see as a "gray area" argument. they will say that there is no plain black and white answer. these are anything from quantum math equations to spiritual beliefs and everything that led up to this moment is it just random or or is it determined Sometimes it's very hard to see the most plain answer, but it is there though it might be hard to find. this question being answered correctly can allow you to see if your a person of religion or... if shit just happens
randomness vs determination
-Randomness, the ideal that all things just happen. the fact that were alive is pure coincidence through a complex strain of chemical mishaps. and nothing we do is supposed to happen. Randomness is the thought that things just happen all by coincidence.
-Determination, the ideal that things are determined before they happen. that wee and earth and the universe is here on purpose, all part of things that were going to inevitably happen under any begging circumstances.
-Randomness, the ideal that all things just happen. the fact that were alive is pure coincidence through a complex strain of chemical mishaps. and nothing we do is supposed to happen. Randomness is the thought that things just happen all by coincidence.
-Determination, the ideal that things are determined before they happen. that wee and earth and the universe is here on purpose, all part of things that were going to inevitably happen under any begging circumstances.
by z-trip July 21, 2009
by RTworder August 27, 2013
A moral Philosophy that says that all organisms have evolved to survive and reproduce there own kind. To do this they seek out and do what ever is in there best interest at least in the long run. What they do by seeking what gives the mose pleasure or avoids pain. And that with all the things that do this a dollar value can be placed on it. And that all the morals that a person holdes they should hold only because it will help them make and/or save money.There is a movement to reform all morals on this principle called the economic moral determinism movement.
She believes in economic moral determinism.
by The Fury 13 January 14, 2011