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autonomy

noun
/ɔːˈtɒn.ə.mi/UK/ɔˈtɑ.nə.mi/US/ɑˈtɑ.nə.mi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) ▲ Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος (autónomos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek αὐτονομῐ́ᾱ (autonomĭ́ā)bor. English autonomy Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτονομῐ́ᾱ (autonomĭ́ā, “freedom to use its own laws, independence”), from αὐτόνομος (autónomos, “living under one's own laws, independent”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, “-y, -ia”, nominal suffix). By surface analysis, auto- (“self”) + -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”).

  1. borrowed from αὐτονομῐ́ᾱ

Definitions

  1. The right or condition of self-government

    The right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.

    • But while assiduously dismissing any though of its own autonomy and proclaiming its victims its judges, it outdoes, in its veiled autocracy, all the excesses of autonomous art.
    • Financial independence and micro retirement have come to represent the autonomy I've created for myself, which is a powerful feeling.

  2. A self-governing country or region.

  3. The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of…

      The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.

      • ...[T]he fact that a scientific theory finds applications to a wide variety of different phenomena does not imply anything about the autonomy of this theory from deeper physical laws.

    2. The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the…

      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.

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Derived

autonomation, autonomic, autonomist, nonautonomy, semiautonomy

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA