民みん族ぞく自じ決けつ主しゅ義ぎ

noun

principle of national self-determination

Political term referring to the right of a nation or ethnic group to determine its own political status and form of government.

• 民みん族ぞく自じ決けつ主しゅ義ぎは国こく際さい法ほうの重じゅう要ような原げん則そくの一ひとつである。

  The principle of national self-determination is one of the important principles of international law.

• 彼かれの演えん説ぜつは民みん族ぞく自じ決けつ主しゅ義ぎに基もとづいていた。

  His speech was based on the principle of national self-determination.