Associations to the word «Autonomy»
Noun
- Parenting
- Privilege
- Striving
- Regime
- Bolshevik
- Porte
- Uprising
- Duchy
- Anarchist
- Cham
- Reform
- Sabah
- Montenegro
- Elite
- Tibet
- Alsace
- Sanctity
- Hospice
- Judiciary
- Competency
- Status
- Provisional
- Palestinian
- Annexation
- Czechoslovakia
- Lama
- Kazakh
- Respect
- Chechen
- Antilles
- Entity
- Sarawak
- Vis
- Morality
- Macedonia
- Reliance
- Anniversary
- Imposition
- Marxism
- Caregiver
- Hierarchy
- Junta
- Asturias
- Preserve
- Macau
- Naga
- Interference
- Concession
- Tamil
- Legal
- Vassal
- Responsibility
- Gaza
- Identity
- Lithuania
- Confederation
- Governed
- Thrace
- Marxist
Adjective
Adverb
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.
Wise words
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