Synonym: independent, self-directed, self-governing, self-reliant, sovereign. Similar words: autonomy, venomous, monotonous, automobile, no more, auto, no more than, economy. Meaning: [ɔː'tɒnəməs] 
adj. 1. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces 2. existing as an independent entity 3. (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment.
adj. 1. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces 2. existing as an independent entity 3. (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment. 
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1, Five of the six provinces are to become autonomous regions in a new federal system of government.
2, They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.
3, Teachers aim to help children become autonomous learners.
4, The country is divided into 17 autonomous regions.
5, Galicia is an autonomous region of Spain.
6, Higher education is relatively autonomous from the state.
7, Each of the U.S. states has an autonomous government.
8, He treated us as autonomous individuals who had to learn to make up our own minds about important issues.
9, The majority of Scots favour an autonomous Scotland involving devolution or complete independence.
10, Traditional theories of autonomous man have exaggerated species differences.
11, Logically, an autonomous house can not use mains electricity.
12, It is an autonomous house, not the autonomous house.
13, All the changes are autonomous in the sense that they are not themselves caused by changes in income or interest rates.
14, Andorra is autonomous, with its external affairs managed by both France and Spain.
15, Gorbachev, Yanayev and the presidents of the autonomous republics were also members of the Federation Council.
16, As a result,[http://sentencedict.com/autonomous.html] the scope of autonomous collective bargaining was restricted.
17, All the new autonomous communities established parliaments and a regulatory framework within four years of the promulgation of the new constitution.
18, You are also autonomous, like challenge, are confident, flexible and enjoy new experiences.
19, The temperature in the living room ofthe autonomous house was measured initially during the winter of1994-95.
20, In autonomous and auratic art, reception by contrast is individualized and the audience is typically immersed in the work itself.
21, The company's hotels are run as autonomous units, and their operations are only co-ordinated to a limited extent.
22, Although officially a dependent territory the island is effectively autonomous.
23, His philosophy is about becoming aware of oneself as an autonomous individual.
24, Bonny Hicks appeared to me to be the paradigmatic example of an autonomous, free-choosing individual who decided early on to construct a lifestyle congenial to her idiosyncratic sense of self-expression.
25, There is thus a connection between people's private fantasies and their status as autonomous individuals.
26, These powers will limit the extent to which men and women can be autonomous and equal in love-making.
27, Both peoples comprise regions with historical boundaries and both had memories, or at least folk memories, of autonomous institutions.
28, The joint venture will be equally owned by the two partners and will be managed by an autonomous management team.
29, No water Consumption figures could be found for the washing machine in the autonomous house.
30, Cyclical variations in consumption, investment and national income following an increase in autonomous investment - explosive case.
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