Antonyms for autonomous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : aw-ton-uh-muh s

Phonetic Transcription : ɔˈtɒn ə məs

Definition of autonomous

Origin : 1800, from Greek autonomos "having one's own laws," of animals, "feeding or ranging at will," from autos "self" (see auto-) + nomos "law" (see numismatics). Cf. privilege. Used mostly in metaphysics and politics; see autonomic.

adj independent

Example sentences :

What does "the autonomous development of small nations" mean to them?
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various

First, we must respect one another as autonomous, deciding persons.
Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe

But the autonomous activity was revived by the action of light on the pulvinule.
Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

At last their ideal of autonomous Bohemia seemed at the point of realization.
Extract from : « Bohemia under Hapsburg Misrule » by Various

And the autonomous "I" exists no longer, except as a unit in the colony of cells which are "We."
Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker

The Achaean expeditionary force is to withdraw, and Helen is to be autonomous.
Extract from : « The Casual Ward » by A. D. Godley

These German cities are also, unlike American cities, autonomous.
Extract from : « Germany and the Germans » by Price Collier

First, then, as to the temper of mind in which an autonomous Ireland will face the world.
Extract from : « The Open Secret of Ireland » by T. M. Kettle

We have seen that he desires an autonomous Church, which can legislate for itself.
Extract from : « Outspoken Essays » by William Ralph Inge

The king was the chief economic factor in that autonomous economic federation which we call the feudal organisation of Gaul.
Extract from : « Poitiers » by Hilaire Belloc

Synonyms for autonomous

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