Associations to the word «Autonomy»
Noun
- Kurd
- Catalonia
- Statute
- Competence
- Kant
- Galicia
- Sovereignty
- Referendum
- Kosovo
- Mindanao
- Kurdistan
- Independence
- Serb
- Coercion
- Rationality
- Separatist
- Albanian
- Secession
- Tyrol
- Privacy
- Timor
- Ethic
- Transylvania
- Nationality
- Accountability
- Polynesia
- Ethics
- Determination
- Cossack
- Nationalism
- Empowerment
- Millet
- Habsburg
- Governance
- Territorial
- Prc
- Croat
- Minority
- Principality
- Legislative
- Protectorate
- Freedom
- Ottoman
- Liberalism
- Constitution
- Serbia
- Dependency
- Learner
- Cortes
- Rights
- Degree
- Bureaucracy
- Azores
- Motivation
- Integrity
- Navarre
Adjective
Wiktionary
AUTONOMY, noun. Self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
AUTONOMY, noun. (philosophy) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
AUTONOMY, noun. (mechanics) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
AUTONOMY, noun. (Christianity) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.
Dictionary definition
AUTONOMY, noun. Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence.
AUTONOMY, noun. Personal independence.
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