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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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