AUTONOMIES Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

autonomies

noun

plural of autonomy

as in choices

the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions the director agreed to make the film only on the condition that she be given complete autonomy for the casting

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the state of being free from the control or power of another finding the mother country's treatment of them oppressive and intolerable, the 13 British colonies made the momentous decision to seek autonomy

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Noun

George initially selected about 100 images before the choices were narrowed to roughly a third for the exhibition.

— Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
If Chrissie represents someone who opts into the ruling system, Paul’s character shows that there are choices even within this world’s oppressive parameters.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of choices

Noun

In an onstage conversation with the endowment’s CEO, Damon Wilson, Díaz-Balart said Americans can take for granted freedoms other societies have lost.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
The idea is that voting is not the only way to drive change; demonstration is considered a bedrock value, a way to make elites hear the populace and to defend freedoms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of freedoms

Noun

Lee knows that the liberties of fiction do not absolve him of a responsibility to tell the truth.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Stifling the public’s access to information necessary to help cast informed votes is a loss for American democracy and the most basic of personal liberties.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026

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