autonomous

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
adjective existing as an independent entity
adjective (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment

From autonomy + -ous.

The boys themselves regulate most of their activities through autonomous committees. — Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda
The virtually autonomous empire that J. Edgar Hoover had created over 60 years and 12 presidents ago was very selective about whom it admitted. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
So long as this was thought, mathematics seemed to be not autonomous, but dependent upon a study which had quite other methods than its own. — Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays, Bertrand Russell

independent, self-governing, sovereign

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