self-governing
/ˌselfˈgʌvənɪŋ/adjective
1- exercising control over one's own affairs, in particular管理自己事务的, 尤指：
1.1
- (of a British hospital or school) having opted out of local authority control（英国医院、学校）不受地方当局控制的。
1.2
- (of a former colony or dependency) administering its own affairs（前殖民地, 附属国）自治的。