autonomous

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    of political bodies
    existing as an independent entity
    of persons; free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment

Word Origin

autonomous (adj.)
1800, from Greek autonomos "having one's own laws," of animals, "feeding or ranging at will," from autos "self" (see auto-) + nomos "law" (see numismatics). Compare privilege. Used mostly in metaphysics and politics; see autonomic.

Synonym

Example

1. It is located in bilibino , the chukchi autonomous district .
2. There are also plans for autonomous personnel carriers and combat vehicles .
3. Tibet is an autonomous region of china .
4. Some regions are already autonomous but are fighting to retain control .
5. Thirdly , eventually technology will far more autonomous than it is today .

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