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au·ton·o·mous  audio  (ô-tn-ms) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent: an autonomous judiciary; an autonomous division of a corporate conglomerate.
  2. Independent in mind or judgment; self-directed.
    1. Independent of the laws of another state or government; self-governing.
    2. Of or relating to a self-governing entity: an autonomous legislature.
    3. Self-governing with respect to local or internal affairs: an autonomous region of a country.
  4. Autonomic.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek autonomos : auto-, auto- + nomos, law; see nem- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
au·tono·mous·ly(Adverb)


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