Friday word: Autonomy

[med_cat]

In honor of Independence Day...:)
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au·ton·o·my noun \ȯ-ˈtä-nə-mē\

: the state of existing or acting separately from others

: the power or right of a country, group, etc., to govern itself

plural au·ton·o·mies

Full Definition
1: the quality or state of being self-governing; especially : the right of self-government
2: self-directing freedom and especially moral independence
3: a self-governing state

Examples

• a teacher who encourages individual autonomy


• The territory has been granted autonomy.


• The Catalans take the matter of their language very seriously; it is an outward indication of their autonomy, of their distinction from the rest of Spain. —Polly Evans, It's Not About the Tapas, 2006

Greek autonomos independent, from aut- self + nomos law

First Known Use: circa 1623

Comments

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

I love themed posts, well done!

And thank you very much for the pronunciation, I do appreciate those, but I'm seeing a blank box for the second letter (just to let you know, maybe it's just my computer).

[med_cat]

You're most welcome :)

Re: pronunciation--you are also welcome; and it must be a setting in your browser, I think, that blanks out the second letter--it shows correctly for me. Do you use Explorer? If so, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome are often better.