Definitions | autonomy |
| noun (autonomies)
- Self-government
- (context, philosophy) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
Translations: - Dutch: autonomie
- French: autonomie
- German: Autonomie
- Italian: autonomia
- Spanish: autonomía
Etymology: From autonomia, noun of quality from autonomos "independent, living by one"s own laws", from auto- "self" (comb. form) + nomos "custom, law".
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