Look up: autonomy


  1. Autonomy
    [disambiguation] Autonomy is the capacity of a rational individual to make an informed, un-coerced decision; or, in politics, self-government. Autonomy may also refer to: ...
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  2. Autonomy
    An ethical principle which, when applied to managed care, states that managed care organizations and their providers have a duty to respect the right of their members to make their own decisions about the course of their own lives.
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  3. autonomy
    [n] - personal independence 2. [n] - immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
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  4. autonomy
    In politics, a term used to describe political self-government of a state or, more commonly, a subdivision of a state. Autonomy may be based upon cultural or ethnic differences and often leads...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  5. Autonomy
    Au·ton'o·my noun [ Greek ...: confer French autonomie . See Autonomous .] 1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state. 2. (Metaph.) The sovereignty of ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/150

  6. autonomy
    1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state. ... 2. <psychology> The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?autonomy

  7. autonomy
    self-reliance noun personal independence
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=autonomy

  8. autonomy
    (aw-ton´ә-me) the ability to function in an independent fashion. in
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  9. Autonomy
    • (n.) The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man`s power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty. • (n.) The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political inde...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/autonomy/

  10. autonomy
    (from the article `Jesus Christ`) ...nor did he denounce Moses and the law. Nevertheless, during his Galilean ministry some people regarded him with hostility and suspicion, partly ... ...synthesis in theonomy. Heteronomy (alien rule) is the cultural and spiritual condition when traditional norms an...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/128



  1. autonomy
    (from the article `bioethics`) ...along these lines, known as the `four principles` of bioethics, attempts to describe a set of minimum moral conditions on the behaviour of health ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/128

  2. autonomy
    autonomy 1. The condition or quality of being autonomous; independence. 2. A self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination. 3. Self-government with respect to local or internal affairs: granted autonomy to a national minority. 4. A self-governing state, community, or group. ...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1406/

  3. Autonomy
    Autonomy (Ancient Greek: αὐτονομία autonomia from αὐτόνομος autonomos from αὐτο- auto- "self" + νόμος nomos, "law", hence when combined understood to mean "one who gives oneself their own law") is a concept found in moral, political and bioethical philosophy. Within th...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomy

  4. autonomy
    an action which is determined by the subject's own free choice (see will). In the second Critique, moral action is defined as being au¬tono¬mous. (Cf. heteronomy.)
    Found op http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/ksp1/KSPglos.html

  5. autonomy
    autonomy (ôton'umē) [Gr.,=self-rule], in a political sense, limited self-government, short of independence, of a political state or, more frequently, of a subdivision. The term is also used for other self-governing units, such as a parish, a corporation, or a religious sect. A test o...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0805418.html

  6. Autonomy
    (Gr. autonomia, independence) Freedom consisting in self-determination and independence of all external constraint. See Freedom. Kant defines autonomy of the will as subjection of the will to its own law, the categorical imperative, in contrast to heteronomy, its subjection to a law or end outside t...
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  7. Autonomy
    Autonomy is a word of Greek origin meaning 'self-government', and is thus the power of a state, institution, etc, to legislate for itself.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AA1.HTM

  8. autonomy
    Type: Term Pronunciation: aw-ton′ō-mē Definitions: 1. The condition or state of being autonomous, able to make decisions unaided by others.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=8769

  9. autonomy
    In politics, a term used to describe political self-government of a state or, more commonly, a subdivision of a state. Autonomy may be based upon cultural or ethnic differences and often leads eventually to independence
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0026984.html

  10. Autonomy
    [Doctor Who] Autonomy is a BBC Books original novel written by Daniel Blythe and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Tenth Doctor without an official companion. It was released on September 3, 2009, alongside The Taking of Chelsea 4...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomy_(Doctor_Who)

  11. autonomy
    1) Freedom 2) Independence 3) Independency 4) Liberty 5) Self-government 6) Self-rule
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/autonomy/1

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