autonomy

English

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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Noun

Wikipedia autonomy (plural autonomies)

1. Self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
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.

Synonyms

• (self-government): nationhood, nationality, sovereignty, independence

Antonyms

• (self-government): dependency, nonautonomy
• (capacity to make independent decisions): heteronomy

Derived terms

• autonomic
• autonomous, autonomously

Translations

self-government

Albanian: autonomi (sq) Bulgarian: автономия (bg), независимост (bg) Catalan: autonomia (ca) f. Chinese: 自治權, 自治权 (zìzhì quán) Croatian: autonòmija (hr) f. Dutch: autonomie (nl) f. Finnish: autonomia (fi), itsehallinto (fi) French: autonomie (fr) f. German: Autonomie (de) f. Greek: αυτονομία (el) (aftonomía) f. Hebrew: אוטונומיה (ot'onomia) f. Icelandic: sjálfræði (is) n., sjálfsstjórn (is) f.

Italian: autonomia (it) f. Japanese: 自治 (jichi) Korean: 자치 (jachi); 자율성 (jayulseong) Persian: خودمختاری (khodmokhtari) Polish: autonomia (pl) f. Portuguese: autonomia (pt) f. Russian: автономия (ru) (avtonómija) f. Scottish Gaelic: fèin-ùghdarras (gd) m. Spanish: autonomía (es) f. Swedish: autonomi (sv) c. Telugu: స్వయంప్రతిపత్తి (svayaMpratipatti) Turkish: özerklik (tr)

capacity for individual decision

Albanian: autonomi (sq) Bulgarian: самостоятелност (bg) Catalan: autonomy (ca) f. Croatian: autonòmija (hr) f. French: autonomie (fr) f. Greek: αυτονομία (el) (aftonomía) f.

Icelandic: sjálfræði (is) n., sjálfsstjórn (is) f. Italian: autonomia (it) f. Korean: 자율 (ko) (jayul) Portuguese: autonomia (pt) f. Spanish: autonomía (es) f.