Word: Autonomous
How to pronounce: ɔːˈtɔnəməs
Adjective
Definitions:
1. (of a country or region) having the freedom to govern itself or control its own affairs.
Example sentences: "The federation included sixteen autonomous republics"
2. (in Kantian moral philosophy) acting in accordance with one's moral duty rather than one's desires.
Example sentences: "If there is any scope for the will, Vernant notes, it is certainly not autonomous will in the Kantian sense, but a will bound by fear of divine powers, if not actually coerced by them."
Synonyms:
independent
separate
autonomic
sovereign
stand alone
freestanding
Antonyms:
dependent
Derivations:
autonomy
autonomist
autonomously
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Autonomous in Other Languages...
Spanish: Autónoma
German: Autonom
French: Autonome
Italian: Autonomo
Turkish: özerk
