autonomous
Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɒnəməs/
The English word “autonomous” has 5 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Governing itself independently.
- Of or relating to a territory that governs itself independently.
- Sentient; self-aware.
- Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
- 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).
Etymology
From autonomy + -ous.
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More English words
- autonomistic
- autonomistically
- autonomization
- autonomize
- autonomous community
- autonomous oblast
- autonomous okrug
- autonomous prefecture
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