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Definition of Autonomy

1. Noun. Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence.

Definition of Autonomy

1. n. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.

Definition of Autonomy

1. Noun. Self-government; freedom to act or function independently. ¹

2. Noun. (philosophy) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. ¹

3. Noun. (mechanics) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Autonomy

1. the state of being self-governing [n -MIES]

Medical Definition of Autonomy

1. 1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state. 2. The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty. Origin: Gr., cf. F. Autonomie. See Autonomous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Autonomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nature and Sources of the Law by John Chipman Gray (1909)
"APPENDIX VI autonomy SBC. 694. It is said in the text1 that the Germans do not attribute autonomy to ordinary private corporations, but there is a class of ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"Proposed Cuban autonomy.—The measure of self-government proclaimed by the Spanish ... The autonomy act fell far short of the promises and professions of the ..."

3. The Progress of Continental Law in the Nineteenth Century by John Henry Wigmore, Edwin Montefiore Borchard, Frederick Pollock (1918)
"autonomy of the Will as an Element of Liberty in General. ... In other words, according to the individualistic system, the autonomy of the will is the power ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"In place of the Constitution, which was abrogated, a new Organic Statute was promulgated (February 14, 1832), containing a certain show of autonomy. ..."

5. Current Issues in Chinese Higher Education by Oecd, OECD Staff, Imhe, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, Qing hua da xue (Beijing, China) (2000)
"University autonomy did not exist until China initiated a policy of reform ... Generally speaking, one can say that the history of university autonomy in ..."

6. To-morrow in Cuba by Charles Melville Pepper (1899)
"The insurgent army, as an army, would not permit autonomy to be talked. It was held that to propose it was a violation ..."

7. History of Federal Government in Greece and Italy by Edward Augustus Freeman, John Bagnell Bury (1893)
"In Town- modern, and even in media; val, Europe Town-autonomy has autonomy ... days of mediaeval Italy, town-autonomy was the exception and not the rule. ..."

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