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autonomy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of autonomy

1 the act or power of making oneʼs own choices or decisions

  • the director agreed to make the film only on the condition that she be given complete autonomy for the casting
Synonyms of autonomy

accord, choice, free will, self-determination, volition, will
Words Related to autonomy

election, preference, selection

bent, devices, disposition, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency

alternative, discretion, option, pick, way
Near Antonyms of autonomy

coercion, compulsion, constraint, duress, force, pressure

2 the state of being free from the control or power of another

  • finding the mother countryʼs treatment of them oppressive and intolerable, the 13 British colonies made the momentous decision to seek autonomy
Synonyms of autonomy

freedom, independence, independency, liberty, self-determination, self-governance, self-government, sovereignty (also sovranty)
Words Related to autonomy

emancipation, enfranchisement, liberation, manumission, release
Near Antonyms of autonomy

captivity, enchainment, enslavement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, internment, subjugation
Antonyms of autonomy

dependence (also dependance), heteronomy, subjection, unfreedom

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