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Definition of Autonomous

1. Adjective. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces. "A sovereign state"

2. Adjective. Existing as an independent entity. "The partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"

3. Adjective. (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment.

Definition of Autonomous

1. a. Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.

Definition of Autonomous

1. Adjective. Self-governing. Governing independently. ¹

2. Adjective. Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: Celtic linguistics of a verb form) Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Autonomous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Autonomous

1. 1. Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government. 2. Having independent existence or laws. Origin: Gr.; self + to assign, hold, sway. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autonomous

autonomic nervous system autonomic nervous system diseases autonomic neurogenic bladder autonomic neuropathy autonomic nuclei autonomic part autonomic pathways autonomic plexus autonomic plexuses autonomically

autonomies autonomism autonomist autonomists autonomotropic autonomous (current term) autonomous communities autonomous community autonomous psychotherapy autonomously

autonomously replicating sequence autonomousness autonomy autonumbered autonumbering autonym autonymous autonymously autonyms autonymy

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