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Selfness vs Autonomy - What's the difference?

selfness | autonomy |

As nouns the difference between selfness and autonomy

is that selfness is the state, quality, or condition of self while autonomy is self-government; freedom to act or function independently.

selfness

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The state, quality, or condition of self.
  • Egotism; the usurpation of undue predominance by sentiments relating to one's self.
  • Personality.

    • Related terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l)

    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