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AUTONOMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
Synonyms:
autonomy; liberty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("autonomy" is a kind of...):
independence; independency (freedom from control or influence of another or others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "autonomy"):
self-determination; self-government; self-rule (government of a political unit by its own people)
Derivation:
autonomous (existing as an independent entity)
autonomous ((of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Personal independence
Synonyms:
autonomy; self-direction; self-reliance; self-sufficiency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("autonomy" is a kind of...):
independence; independency (freedom from control or influence of another or others)
Derivation:
autonomous ((of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment)
