autonomy
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6.7
- noun
- /ɔːˈtɑːnəmi/
- Formal
- After years of struggle, the region finally achieved political autonomy and the right to govern itself.
- political autonomy
- grant autonomy
- degree of autonomy
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Watch on YouTubeAnd 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
450
3.3
Being free from unfair rules or control by government
441
3.0
Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves
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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
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4.3
A group or region that makes and follows its own rules without outside control
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4.1
Freedom to act and make choices without someone controlling you
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4.1
The freedom to act or decide without being told what to do
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5.8
Government by a country's own people instead of by a foreign power
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6.7
The right of local governments to make some decisions without the national government, like education and health
1
5.6
Freedom from control by other people or groups
1
6.7
A region that has its own government separate from the national government
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.