self-direction
- n personal independence
- It is Thant's belief that centuries of such foreign intrusions have left his country without a sense of pride or self-direction.
- The gathering retains the completely free representative character that has marked its history of more than 60 years and its self-direction by the right to appoint its own .
- The winners were chosen, says Admissions Director Van Halsey, partly for such personal qualities as "a tolerance for ambiguity, a lot of self-confidence, and some self-direction.