How do you use the word "autonomy" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "autonomy" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "autonomy": If I borrow the money, I feel like I'll lose my autonomy. Autonomy was granted in 1969 and independence in 1979.

Autonomy Meaning

/ɔːˈtɒn.ə.mi/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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

nounA self-governing country or region.

Sentence Examples

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

Autonomy was granted in 1969 and independence in 1979.

A campaign in Wales for greater autonomy

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

liberty

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The region demanded greater ____ from the central government officials.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The local region was granted ____ to manage its own internal affairs.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) ▲ Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος (autónomos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek αὐτονομῐ́ᾱ (autonomĭ́ā)bor. English autonomy 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”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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." — 1951, Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia, Verso, published 2005, page 200:

"Financial independence and micro retirement have come to represent the autonomy I've created for myself, which is a powerful feeling." — 2025 May 26, Joshua Nelken-Zitser, “I 'micro-retired' in my 30s by investing every dollar from my side income. It sounds almost too simple to be true, but it works.”, in Business Insider:

"...[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." — 1992, Steven Weinberg, Dreams of a Final Theory, Pantheon Books, page 41:

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