autonomy
- 01 C1 Advanced
the right of a country or a region to govern itself.
the condition of self-government, especially when a region has the right to manage its own affairs within a larger state.
Simple“The region was granted autonomy after years of peaceful protests.”
In context“The central government granted the province partial autonomy, allowing local leaders to manage education and healthcare while the capital retained control over foreign policy.”
SynonymsAntonyms - 02 C1 Advanced
the ability of a machine or computer system to operate on its own without a human controller.
the capacity of a system to make decisions and execute actions without the direct involvement of a human operator.
Simple“Engineers are working to improve the autonomy of self-driving cars.”
In context“The latest generation of deep-sea drones features increased autonomy, enabling them to navigate complex underwater terrain without real-time instructions from the surface vessel.”
Synonymsautomationself sufficiencyAntonymsmanual control
Usage promote autonomy
“As a result the women have less autonomy, which leaves them exposed.”
“On the other side, morality is supposed to protect people’s personal autonomy and freedom, even when others in their community dislike or disagree with their choices.”
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”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.