'Home rule' definitions:
Definition of 'home rule'
From: WordNet
noun
Self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government
Definition of 'Home rule'
From: GCIDE
- Home \Home\, a.
- 1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Games) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal; as: (a) (Baseball) The plate at which the batter stands; same as home base and home plate. (b) (Lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent's goal; also, the player. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Home base or Home plate (Baseball), the base at which the batter stands when batting, and which is the last base to be reached in scoring a run.
- Home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner.
- Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands. [U. S.]
- Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country; as, home rule in Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of Parliament.
- Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule.
- Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post.
- Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'home rule'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute monarchy,
- aristocracy,
- autarchy,
- autarky,
- autocracy,
- autonomy,
- coalition government,
- colonialism,
- commonwealth,
- constitutional government,
- constitutional monarchy,
- Declaration of Independence,
- democracy,
- dictatorship,
- dominion rule,
- duarchy,
- duumvirate,
- dyarchy,
- federal government,
- federation,
- feudal system,
- garrison state,
- gerontocracy,
- heteronomy,
- hierarchy,
- hierocracy,
- independence,
- individualism,
- inner-direction,
- limited monarchy,
- martial law,
- meritocracy,
- militarism,
- military government,
- mob rule,
- mobocracy,
- monarchy,
- neocolonialism,
- ochlocracy,
- oligarchy,
- pantisocracy,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- police state,
- pure democracy,
- regency,
- representative democracy,
- representative government,
- republic,
- rugged individualism,
- self-containment,
- self-determination,
- self-direction,
- self-government,
- self-reliance,
- self-sufficiency,
- social democracy,
- stratocracy,
- technocracy,
- thearchy,
- theocracy,
- totalitarian government,
- totalitarian regime,
- triarchy,
- triumvirate,
- tyranny,
- welfare state