Hypertext Webster Gateway: "autonomy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Autonomy \Au*ton"o*my\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. autonomie. See
{Autonomous}.]
1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or
political independence, of a city or a state.
2. (Metaph.) The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of
morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give
law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the
true nature and only possible proof of liberty. --Fleming.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
autonomy
n 1: immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political
independence [syn: {liberty}]
2: personal independence [syn: {self-direction}, {self-reliance},
{self-sufficiency}]
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