au·ton·o·my /-mi/
  自治
  au·ton·o·my /-mɪ/ 名詞
  自主性
  autonomy
  獨立性
  autonomy
  自律性
  Au·ton·o·my n.
  1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.
  2. Metaph. 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.
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  autonomy
       n 1: immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political
            independence [syn: liberty]
       2: personal independence [syn: self-direction, self-reliance,
           self-sufficiency]