autonomy
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6.7
- noun
- /ɔːˈtɑːnəmi/
- Formal
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autonomía
- After years of struggle, the region finally achieved political autonomy and the right to govern itself.
- political autonomy
- grant autonomy
- degree of autonomy
And that kind of reduces local autonomy, local expressions.
- And that kind of reduces local autonomy, local expressions.
- Once we give up our economic autonomy, we give up our freedom.
- And people say, wow, where does this leave our high degree of autonomy, overall jurisdiction?
- Some of them were active in the attempt to create autonomy in Bolinia.
- And as they do, our autonomy recedes even while the imagined scope of our autonomy grows.
- Moreover, leaders who are maybe swayed by Faisal now oppose any idea of Jewish autonomy.
- I mean you could only implement the treaty by not implementing any sort of emerging autonomy for nations of the Habsburg Empire.
Examples
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We wanted to win our autonomy, we wanted to win our body, we wanted to win the right to our voice, we wanted to get our bills passed in the legislature.
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Large reserve holdings have clearly increased the economic policy autonomy of emerging market states.
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Once we give up our economic autonomy, we give up our freedom.
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It's about women having autonomy over their body.
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So in order to have autonomy, you have to have money.
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The wider point for me is also it's about autonomy and agency.
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Our model is freedom of the individual, autonomy and free market capitalism.
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Restore a certain autonomy to the civil guard.
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There's this old idea that you can give cities autonomy over certain items, those they can control.
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They should respect parental autonomy because this is going to influence the next generation of children.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The right to act, speak, or think as you want without being stopped
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3.0
Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves
429
3.3
Being free from unfair rules or control by government
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8.0
A country's right to govern itself without outside control
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4.3
The right of a group or nation to choose their government
15
4.1
Freedom to act and make choices without someone controlling you
12
4.3
A group or region that makes and follows its own rules without outside control
8
5.8
Government by a country's own people instead of by a foreign power
5
4.1
The freedom to act or decide without being told what to do
1
6.7
The right of local governments to make some decisions without the national government, like education and health
A region that has its own government separate from the national government
Freedom from control by other people or groups
Antonyms
Compounds
1
6.7
The right of local governments to make some decisions without the national government, like education and health
How Independent
Surface Forms
Morphology
autonomy = auto + nom + y
The word is historically built from a learned classical formation meaning roughly 'self-rule', but the bound root is not transparent enough for an average B1 learner to reliably infer 'self-government' from the parts.
Etymology
Autonomy comes from the Greek parts auto- ('self') and -nomy ('rule' or 'law'), so it literally means 'self-rule'. That's why political autonomy is when a region or group has the right to govern itself and not be controlled from outside.