autonomousadjective
uk/ɔːˈtɒn.ə.məs/us/ɑːˈtɑː.nə.məs/independent and having the power to make your own decisions
an autonomous organization, country, or region is independent and has the freedom to govern itself:
an autonomous region/province/republic/council
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Colonisation & self-government
- annex
- autonomy
- client state
- colonial
- colonialism
- decolonization
- dependency
- devolution
- devolve
- devolve sth to sb
- Independence Day
- nationalism
- nationalist
- neocolonialism
- non-aligned
- self-rule
- separatism
- separatist
- the British Empire
- the free world
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