AUTONOMY
- the state of being self-governing [n AUTONOMIES] : AUTONOMIC [adj]
- (of a country or region) The right or condition of self-government, esp. in a particular sphere
- A self-governing country or region
- Freedom from external control or influence; independence
- (in Kantian moral philosophy) The capacity of an agent to act in accordance with objective morality rather than under the influence of desires
- self-government [n AUTONOMIES]