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Meaning of AUTONOMOUS

Pronunciation:  o'tânumus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"
  2. [adj]  of persons; free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
  3. [adj]  existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"
 
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 Synonyms: free, independent, self-directed, self-governing, self-reliant, sovereign
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Au*ton"o*mous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? self + ? to assign,
hold, sway.]
1. Independent in government; having the right or power of
   self-government.
2. (Biol.) Having independent existence or laws.
 
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