autonomy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations

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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)

1. Self-government
2. (philosophy) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
3. (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

[edit] Derived terms

• autonomic
• autonomous, autonomously

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