autonomous

/ȯ-ˈtä-nə-məs/

Greek autónomos "self-governing, independent" (from auto- auto--nomos, adjective derivative of nómos "custom, convention, law") + -ous

adjective

  1. having the right or power of self-government

  2. undertaken or carried on without outside control : self-contained

  3. existing or capable of existing independently

an autonomous territory

an autonomous school system

free independent sovereign autonomous mean not subject to the rule or control of another. free stresses the complete absence of external rule and the full right to make all of one's own decisions. independent implies a standing alone; applied to a state it implies lack of connection with any other having power to interfere with its citizens, laws, or policies.

noun

  1. asmr

… reports started to surface about ASMR, a handy acronym for the rather unwieldy “

geographical name

  1. autonomous oblast of eastern Russia in Asia, across the Amur River from China; capital Birobidzhan area 13,900 square miles (36,001 square kilometers), population 176,558