noun · countable / uncountable · rare

autonomy

autonomy · autonomies

автономія, самостійність

независимость, самоуправление, автономия, самостоятельность

Autonomie

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

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UK/ɔːˈtɒn.ə.mi/US/ɔˈtɑ.nə.mi/

» Give your best employees more autonomy.

Meaning

5 senses

(uncountable)The right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
Autonomie
автоно́мияavtonómija, незави́симостьnezavísimostʹ, самоуправле́ниеsamoupravlénije
автоно́міяavtonómija
(countable)A self-governing country or region.
(uncountable)The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
самостоя́тельностьsamostojátelʹnostʹ
самості́йністьsamostíjnistʹ
(uncountable)The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
(uncountable)The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.

More definitions

immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
personal independence

Examples

27 sentences

Give your best employees more autonomy.
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Bodily autonomy is a human right.
deKörperliche Selbstbestimmung ist ein Menschenrecht.
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Tom's autonomy needs to be respected.
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Privacy is the shield of autonomy.
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Privacy ensures autonomy in decision-making.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

self-government:

capacity for individual decision:

Русский

By meaning 2

self-government:

capacity for individual decision:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

self-government:

Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτονομῐ́ᾱ (autonomĭ́ā, “freedom to use its own laws, independ

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”).

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