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autonomy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of autonomy

1 the act or power of making one's 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 country's 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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