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autonomy Definition

au·tono·my (-mē)

noun

  1. the fact or condition of being autonomous; self-government; independence
  2. pl. -·mies any state that governs itself

Etymology: Gr autonomia

autonomy Synonyms

autonomy

n.

liberty, independence, sovereignty; see freedom 1.

autonomy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • earn: How well does CPA work as a way of granting earned autonomy?
  • erode: If introduced, enterprise liability is widely expected to erode even further the autonomy of midwives and of women in childbirth.
  • undermine: This undermines the autonomy of teachers, regardless of how effective they are.
  • retain: Oundle School didn't want to incur costly update costs and so required a solution that enabled them to retain autonomy of their website.
  • marry: The opportunity for radical education reform lies in marrying autonomy and collaboration.
  • respect: Respecting autonomy in the two cases has radically different implications.

Preposition: at

  • stage: There is a relatively high level of input from lecturers at stage 1 to greater autonomy at later stages.

Adjective modifier

  • cultural-national: How is cultural-national autonomy to be applied to them?
  • fiscal: Consequently the local council should have full fiscal autonomy.
  • Kurdish: This state would potentially become a haven for militants from Turkey who have staged a decades long guerrilla war for Kurdish autonomy.
  • institutional: By becoming an impartial umpire in civil disputes, the state slowly developed its own institutional autonomy from the personality of the king.
  • managerial: But they have more managerial autonomy and greater personal accountability.
  • considerable: The many nations under the empire's rule enjoyed considerable autonomy in return for supplying the empire's wealth.

Noun used with modifier

  • learner: Such a culture could well lead to genuine learner autonomy in a way that enforced learner training can't.
  • student: Emphasis is put on student autonomy - the student is responsible for his studies.
  • teacher: Teacher autonomy - The greater teachers ' level of involvement in selecting their professional development opportunities, the greater the outcomes they derived.
  • school: But school autonomy and parental choice are not enough.

Possessives

  • woman: I also want briefly to challenge organizations on the revolutionary left such as the SWP who are critical of feminism and women's autonomy.

Preposition: in

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Preposition: of

  • patient: Such a system will have a profound influence on the professional autonomy of the physician and of the autonomy of the patient.
autonomy Quotes

The British Empire has advanced to a new conception of autonomyand freedom, to the idea of a system of British nations, each freely ordering its own individual life, but bound together in unity byallegiance to one Crown, and co-operating in all that concerns the common weal.

—GeorgeVI

Persons grouped around a fire or candle for warmth or light are less able to pursue independent thoughts, or even tasks, than people supplied with electric light. In the same way, the social and educational patterns latent in automation are those of self-employment and artistic autonomy.

—McLuhan, (Herbert) Marshall