noun [U]
1 the freedom for a country, a region or an organization to govern itself independently:
a campaign in Wales for greater autonomy
2 the ability to act and make decisions without being controlled by anyone else:
giving individuals greater autonomy in their own lives
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for autonomy is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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