autonomy
Meaning of autonomy
noun
- the right or condition of self-government.
between the First and Second World Wars, Canada gained greater autonomy from Britain
- (in Kantian moral philosophy) the capacity of an agent to act in accordance with objective morality rather than under the influence of desires.
early 17th century: from Greek autonomia, from autonomos ‘having its own laws’, from autos ‘self’ + nomos ‘law’.
Information about autonomy
- It is a name.
- The plural form of autonomy is: autonomies.
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Hyphenation of autonomy
au-ton-omy
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- autonomy is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
autonomy synonyms
Meaning liberty:
Translation of autonomy
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