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Share This au·ton·o·mous Audio Help / ɔˈtɒn / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ aw-ton -uh -muh ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –adjective 1. Government . a. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only.
b. pertaining to an autonomy.
2. having autonomy; not subject to control from outside; independent: a subsidiary that functioned as an autonomous unit.
3. Biology . a. existing and functioning as an independent organism.
[Origin:
1790–1800; < Gk
autónomos with laws of one's own, independent, equiv. to
auto- auto- 1 +
nóm (
os ) law, custom +
-os adj. suffix
]
—Related forms au·ton·o·mous·ly, adverb
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Not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent: an autonomous judiciary; an autonomous division of a corporate conglomerate.
Independent in mind or judgment; self-directed.
Independent of the laws of another state or government; self-governing.
Of or relating to a self-governing entity: an autonomous legislature.
Self-governing with respect to local or internal affairs: an autonomous region of a country.
Autonomic.
autonomos : auto- , auto- + nomos , law ; see nem- in Indo-European roots.]
au·ton'o·mous·ly adv.
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Share This autonomous adjective 1. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" 2. existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies" 3. (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
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self-governing
Arabic: مُسْتَقِل بِذاتِه Chinese (Simplified): 自治的 Chinese (Traditional): 自治的 Czech: autonomní Danish: selvstyret; autonom Dutch: autonoom Estonian: autonoomne Finnish: autonominen French: autonome German: autonom Greek: αυτόνομος Hungarian: önkormányzati Icelandic: sjálfstjórnandi, sjálfstæður, óháður Indonesian: otonom, swatantra Italian: autonomo
Japanese: 自治の Korean: 자치의 Latvian: autonoms Lithuanian: autonominis Norwegian: selvstyrt Polish: autonomiczny Portuguese (Brazil): autônomo Portuguese (Portugal): autónomo Romanian: autonom Russian: автономный Slovak: autonómny Slovenian: avtonomen Spanish: autónomo Swedish: autonom, självstyrande Turkish: özerk
See also: autonomy
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Au*ton"o*mous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? self + ? to assign, hold, sway.]
1. Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.
2. (Biol.) Having independent existence or laws.
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