HOW TO PRONOUNCE
autonomy
/ɔˈtɑnəmi/
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Stress TON.
Keep the other three syllables lighter. The opening vowel can vary.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The team valued its creative autonomy.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does autonomy mean?
noun
- The right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
- A self-governing country or region.
- The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
More meanings (2)
noun
- The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
- The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.
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IPA pronunciation
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Guild Socialists aim at autonomy in industry, with consequent curtailment, but not abolition, of the power of the State.
Regulations concerning organization and operations of local public entities shall be fixed by law in accordance with the principle of local autonomy.
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Among men, these are the three comical women as they are--nothing more!--and just the best involuntary counter-arguments against feminine emancipation and autonomy.
It does not appear that the Babylonians thcmselves ever gave up the old system of writing, so long as they retained political autonomy.
That individual INDEPENDENCE, or the autonomy of the private reason, originating in the difference in talents and capacities, can exist without danger within the limits of the law.