About The Word Autonomous

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Autonomous

Autonomous Meaning & Definition
Autonomous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Autonomous?

[adj] of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"
[adj] of persons; free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
[adj] existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Autonomous: free | independent | self-directed | self-governing | self-reliant | sovereign

Related Terms | Find terms related to Autonomous: absolute | arbitrary | aristocratic | autarchic | autarkic | authoritarian | autocratic | bureaucratic | civic | civil | constitutional | democratic | despotic | dictatorial | discretional | discretionary | elective | fascist | federal | federalist | federalistic | free | free will | free-spirited | freewheeling | governmental | gratuitous | gubernatorial | heteronomous | independent | individualistic | inner-directed | matriarchal | matriarchic | monarchal | monarchial | monarchic | monocratic | neutral | nonaligned | nonmandatory | nonpartisan | offered | official | oligarchal | oligarchic | optional | parliamentarian | parliamentary | patriarchal | patriarchic | pluralistic | political | proffered | republican | self-acting | self-active | self-contained | self-dependent | self-determined | self-determining | self-directing | self-governed | self-governing | self-reliant | self-subsistent | self-sufficient | self-supporting | separate | sovereign | spontaneous | theocratic | third-force | third-world | totalitarian | unasked | unbesought | unbidden | uncalled-for | uncoerced | uncompelled | unconstrained | uncontrolled | unforced | uninfluenced | uninvited | unpressured | unprompted | unrequested | unrequired | unsolicited | unsought | voluntary | volunteer | willful

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Autonomous In Webster's Dictionary

\Au*ton"o*mous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? self + ? to assign, hold, sway.] 1. Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government. 2. (Biol.) Having independent existence or laws.

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