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Autonomy vs Autonom - What's the difference?

autonomy | autonom |

Autonom is often a misspelling of autonomy.


Autonom has no English definition.

As a noun autonomy

is self-government; freedom to act or function independently.

autonomy

English

Noun

  • Self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
  • (label) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
  • (label) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
  • (label) 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (self-government) nationhood, nationality, sovereignty, independence

    Antonyms

    * (self-government) dependency, nonautonomy, inoperability * (capacity to make independent decisions) heteronomy, incapacity

    Derived terms

    * autonomic * autonomous, autonomously

    autonom

    Not English

    Autonom has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'autonom':

    autonomy, adamancy, autonym, athenium, autonymy, adynamy