autonomy

CEFRC1

/ɔːˈtɒn.ə.mi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The freedom or ability to make your own decisions.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A self-governing country or region.

Examples

  • Autonomy was granted in 1969 and independence in 1979.

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

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /oːˈtɔn.ə.mi/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.

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

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

More examples

In context

  • A campaign in Wales for greater autonomy

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

  • 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.

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτονομῐ́ᾱ (autonomĭ́ā, “freedom to use its own laws, independence”), from αὐτόνομος (autónomos, “living under one's own laws, independent”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, “-y, -ia”, nominal suffix). By surface analysis, auto- (“self”) + -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”).