autonomous

English

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Etymology

See autonomy and -ous.

Adjective

autonomous

1. Self-governing. Governing independently.
2. Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
3. (Celtic linguistics, of a verb form) Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).

Synonyms

• (governing independently): sovereign, self-governing
• (acting on ones own behalf): selfstanding, self-directed

Antonyms

• heteronomous

Derived terms

• autonomously
• semiautonomous

Related terms

• autonomy

Translations

self-governing

Albanian: autonom (sq) Bulgarian: автономен (bg), независим (bg) Catalan: autònom (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 自治 (cmn) (zìzhì) Croatian: sȁmostālan (hr), àutonōman (hr), Dutch: autonoom (nl) Esperanto: aŭtonoma (eo) French: autonome (fr) m. and f. German: autonom (de)

Greek: αυτόνομος m., αυτόνομη f., αυτόνομο n. Hungarian: autonómia (hu) Ido: autonoma Italian: autonomo (it) m., autonoma (it) f. Japanese: 自治 (ja) (じち, jichi) Korean: 자치 (ko) (jachi) Portuguese: autônomo (pt) m., autônoma (pt) f. Romanian: autonom (ro) m. and n., autonomă (ro) f. Russian: автономный (ru) (avtonómnyj) Spanish: autónomo (es) m.

acting on one's own

Bulgarian: самостоятелен (bg) Catalan: autònom (ca) Croatian: sȁmostālan (hr), nȅovisan (hr) Japanese: 自立した (ja) (jiritsu shita)

Portuguese: autônomo (pt) Russian: самостоятельный (ru) (samostojátel’nyj) Spanish: autónomo (es)

a verb form grammar of Celtic language

Irish: saor (ga)

See also

• autonomous area
• autonomous navigation