Autonomous, Autonomy
autonomous (adjective) -
a. Controlling itself, rather than being controlled by others.
b. Making your own decisions, rather than being greatly influenced by others.
autonomy (noun)
local autonomy
an autonomous region
an autonomous province
an autonomous university
autonomy within a larger organisation
autonomous units
an autonomous body
an autonomous university
autonomy for
autonomy in
autonomy under
autonomy under an agreement
autonomy under a constitution
autonomous from
semi-autonomous
quite autonomous
largely autonomous
degree of autonomy
a high degree of autonomy in
exhibits a high degree of autonomy
substantial degree of autonomy
near-autonomy
treated as autonomous individuals
given greater autonomy
has too much autonomy
values their autonomy
demands for local autonomy
an offer of autonomy
reject an offer of autonomy
gaining greater autonomy
accept an offer of autonomy
get back autonomy
regain autonomy
fighting for autonomy
Example sentences:
* The different divisions of the corporation were given greater autonomy so they could respond quickly to changes in the market place and customer needs.
* The teacher treated all the students as autonomous individuals who had to make up their own mind about all the important issues we studied.
* Our little team is more autonomous within the large corporation than it used to be, at least.
* Local school boards in the country have a substantial degree of local autonomy.
* At first they had an independent spirit and were quite autonomous, but eventually they were all bought out and joined more established groups.
* The tribal ethnic group has long had a high degree of self-government in an autonomous region within Yunnan, China.
* Under the 1997 constitution the human rights monitoring agency was largely autnomous from the executive branch of the government.
* The idea was to break the large government agency into separate semi-autonomous units, each devoted to delivering a given task better.
* The ethnic group proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.
* Separate so-called autonomous republics were set up based on ethnic lines.
* Activists made demands for local autonomy in decisionmaking that affected the area.
* She sets a high value on her own autonomy, from her parents, that is.
* Each manager in the firm enjoys a high degree of autonomy in running the operations in their department. No micro-management around here.
* "Some people in this company have just too much autonomy," asserted the CEO.
* Our university will have a greater degree of autonomy than others under the new laws.
* The region will at least get back some of its autonomy under the new peace settlement.
* We'll have more autonomy than we've ever had! What should we do with all our new found freedoms?
