Dictionary Check: autonomous
"autonomous" is a valid word!
Scrabble
12
points
Words with Friends
16
points
Definition
adjective
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
Example:
"an autonomous judiciary"
adjective
existing as an independent entity
Example:
"the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"
adjective
(of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
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