autonomy
/ɔˈtɑn·ə·mi/ n [U]Definition
› the right of a group of people to govern itself or to organize its own activities: District officials had rebuffed a proposal to grant greater autonomy to local schools. autonomous /ɔˈtɑn·ə·məs/ adj › an autonomous region/republic
(Definition of autonomy n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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