Word: 'autonomous' • Extended Annotations

autonomous

Extended Annotations

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of autonomous

from Greek autonomia "independence"
abstract noun from autonomos "independent, living by one's own laws"

autonomous adjective

having the right or power of self-government
undertaken or carried on without outside control; self-contained
existing or capable of existing independently; responding, reacting, or developing independently of the whole
of, relating to, or marked by autonomy

autonomy noun

the quality or state of being self-governing
self-directing freedom and especially moral independence
a self-governing state

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Specific examples and quotes of autonomous

“When you say ‘your domain’, to what exactly do you refer?”
“Our social order. When they give up their autonomy and accept being ruled, they are ours. They, their children, their grandchildren.”

"Weird Genius"
The Story of Your Ankh
by Sabina Nore

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~☉~	lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense

WEIRD GENIUS
The Story of Your Ankh