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au·ton·o·mous    Audio Help   [aw-ton-uh-muhs] Pronunciation Key
–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.
b.spontaneous.

[Origin: 1790–1800; < Gk autónomos with laws of one's own, independent, equiv. to auto- auto-1 + nóm(os) law, custom + -os adj. suffix]

au·ton·o·mous·ly, adverb
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au·ton·o·mous    Audio Help   (ô-tŏn'ə-məs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent: an autonomous judiciary; an autonomous division of a corporate conglomerate.
  2. Independent in mind or judgment; self-directed.
    1. Independent of the laws of another state or government; self-governing.
    2. Of or relating to a self-governing entity: an autonomous legislature.
    3. Self-governing with respect to local or internal affairs: an autonomous region of a country.
  3. Autonomic.


[From Greek autonomos : auto-, auto- + nomos, law; see nem- in Indo-European roots.]

au·ton'o·mous·ly adv.
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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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auˈtonomous adjective
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
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Autonomous

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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