autonomy
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[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐτονομία (autonomia) from αὐτόνομος (autonomos) from αὐτός (autos), “‘self’”) + νόμος (nomos), “‘law’”). See auto- (“‘self’”) and -nomy (“‘a system of rules or laws about a particular field’”).
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autonomy (plural autonomies)
- Self-government
- (philosophy) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
- (mechanics) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
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- (self-government): nationhood, nationality; sovereignty; independence
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- (self-government): dependency, nonautonomy
- (capacity to make independent decisions): heteronomy
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Self-government
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capacity for individual decision
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