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   Au·ton·o·my

   /ôˈtänəmē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the right or condition of self-government: "Tatarstan demanded greater autonomy within the Russian Federation"
   • ▪ a self-governing country or region: "the national autonomies of the Russian Republic"
   • ▪ freedom from external control or influence; independence: "economic autonomy is still a long way off for many women"
   • 2. (in Kantian moral philosophy) the capacity of an agent to act in accordance with objective morality rather than under the influence of desires.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Greek autonomia, from autonomos ‘having its own laws’, from autos ‘self’ + nomos ‘law’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. autonomist noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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