autonomous in English dictionary

  • autonomous

    Meanings and definitions of "autonomous"

    • Self-governing. Governing independently.
    • Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
    • (Celtic linguistics, of a verb form) 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).
    • adjective
      Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, Governing independently.
    • adjective
      Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
    • adjective
      (Celtic linguistics, of a verb form)
      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).
    • self-governing
    • acting on one's own
    • Existing or capable of existing independently.
    • Functioning independently of other components or systems
    • Independent of the conscious will, associated in general with the nature of the unconscious and in particular with activated complexes.
    • adjective
      existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"
    • adjective
      (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
    • adjective
      (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"

    Synonyms of "autonomous" in English dictionary

    self-directed, self-reliant, self-governing are the top synonyms of "autonomous" in the English thesaurus.

  • Autonomous

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