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Antonyms for autonomic
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : aw-tuh-nom-ik |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɔ təˈnɒm ɪk |
Definition of autonomic
Origin :- 1832, "pertaining to autonomy" (q.v.); used mostly in physiology. Autonomical is recorded from 1650s.
- As in self : adj individual
- As in free : adj unrestrained politically
- When we remember the workings of our autonomic nerves we may not wonder at that fact.
- Extract from : « Psychoanalysis » by Andr Tridon
- To this system Langley has lately given the name 'autonomic.'
- Extract from : « The Origin of Vertebrates » by Walter Holbrook Gaskell
- That thing gibbering in the autonomic and voluntary nervous systems—merely fear.
- Extract from : « West Of The Sun » by Edgar Pangborn
- Autonomic nervous system: The vegetative nervous system which controls vital functions,—as digestion, respiration, circulation.
- Extract from : « Outwitting Our Nerves » by Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
- Autonomic in itself, life submits itself to the general laws of evolution.
- Extract from : « A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution » by C. M. Williams
- And the end result seems to depend from the memories which have accumulated in our autonomic nerves.
- Extract from : « Psychoanalysis » by Andr Tridon
- As regards ethics, Baader rejects the Kantian or any autonomic system of morals.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 » by Various
- We should notice right here the antagonism that exists between the middle division of the autonomic and the other two.
- Extract from : « Psychology » by Robert S. Woodworth
Synonyms for autonomic
- ascetic
- at liberty
- autarchic
- autogenous
- automatic
- automatous
- autonomic
- autonomous
- democratic
- emancipated
- endogenous
- enfranchised
- freed
- independent
- individualistic
- liberated
- narcissistic
- narcistic
- self-directing
- self-governing
- self-ruling
- separate
- sovereign
- subjective
- sui juris
- unconstrained
- unenslaved
- unregimented
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