| to speed up the progress of |
| ridicule; mockery: |
autonomous (ɔːˈtɒnəməs) ![]() | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of a community, country, etc) possessing a large degree of self-government |
| 2. | of or relating to an autonomous community |
| 3. | independent of others |
| 4. | philosophy |
| a. acting or able to act in accordance with rules and principles of one's own choosing | |
| b. Compare heteronomous See also categorical imperative (in the moral philosophy of Kant, of an individual's will) directed to duty rather than to some other end | |
| 5. | biology existing as an organism independent of other organisms or parts |
| 6. | a variant spelling of autonomic |
| [C19: from Greek autonomos living under one's own laws, from | |
| au'tonomously | |
| —adv | |