autonomy

UK /ɔːˈtɒn.ə.mi/ US /ɔˈtɑ.nə.mi/

noun 5

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(noun.)

ADJ

QUANT

degree, measure

The new manager gave the team a considerable degree of autonomy in making their own decisions.

VERB + AUTONOMY

enjoy, have

Teachers in this school enjoy greater autonomy when designing their own lesson plans.

gain | seek, struggle for, want

give sb, grant (sb)

The university granted students greater autonomy in choosing their own research topics.

increase

Many companies decided to increase autonomy for their employees during remote work.

reduce

PREP

~ from

The small business owner valued her autonomy from corporate rules and policies.

PHRASES

a demand for autonomy

The independence movement made a strong demand for autonomy in their region.

Definitions

noun

The right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.

But while assiduously dismissing any though of its own autonomy and proclaiming its victims its judges, it outdoes, in its veiled autocracy, all the excesses of autonomous art.

Financial independence and micro retirement have come to represent the autonomy I've created for myself, which is a powerful feeling.

A self-governing country or region.

The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.

The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.

...[T]he fact that a scientific theory finds applications to a wide variety of different phenomena does not imply anything about the autonomy of this theory from deeper physical laws.

The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political ind

liberty

noun — personal independence

self-direction
self-reliance
self-sufficiency

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

But while assiduously dismissing any though of its own autonomy and proclaiming its victims its judges, it outdoes, in its veiled autocracy, all the excesses of autonomous art.

Wiktionary

Financial independence and micro retirement have come to represent the autonomy I've created for myself, which is a powerful feeling.

Wiktionary

...[T]he fact that a scientific theory finds applications to a wide variety of different phenomena does not imply anything about the autonomy of this theory from deeper physical laws.

Wiktionary

If I borrow the money, I feel like I'll lose my autonomy.

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Scotland has been agitating for centuries to achieve greater autonomy from the British central government in London.

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In 1876 there was created the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, in which Hungary enjoyed a greater amount of autonomy.

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