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自己決定権 (jikoketteiken) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

自じ己こ決けっ定てい権けん

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Meanings

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right of self-determination

Legal and political term referring to the right of individuals or groups to make decisions about their own affairs without external coercion.

患かん者じゃの自じ己こ決けっ定てい権けんを尊そん重ちょうすることが医い療りょう倫りん理

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Respecting the patient's right of self-determination is fundamental to medical ethics.

民みん族ぞく自じ決けつの原げん則そくは、人じん民みんの自じ己こ決けっ定てい権けんに基もとづいている。

The principle of national self-determination is based on the right of peoples to self-determination.

Kanji

自oneself
己self
決decide, fix, agree upon
定determine, fix, establish
権authority, power, rights

Related words

自じ己こ決けっ定てい
自己決定 is the act or concept of self-determination, while 自己決定権 specifically refers to the right to self-determination.
民みん族ぞく自じ決けつ
民族自決 refers to national self-determination, often in a political or historical context, whereas 自己決定権 is a broader term applicable to individuals and groups.

Built from

自じ己こ+決けっ定てい権

Etymology

Compound of 自己 (self) + 決定 (decision, determination) + 権 (right). A modern term likely calqued from Western legal and political concepts.

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