autonomy :

Search Words
You can search or browse for words

autonomy

aw to nuh mee

  • n  immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
  • n  personal independence

  • President Slobodan Milosevic revoked that autonomy in 1989 in keeping with his nationalist campaign for a "Greater Serbia.
  • According to a despatch from Poland, the Soviet Republics, embodied in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, demanded a conference to discuss their autonomy.
  • But autonomy supporters say they're only seeking states' rights on questions such as taxation, police and public works.
News & Articles

Quotes

  • John McCain in Jerusalem Post
    Autonomy etalk has demonstrated to the editors of Customer Interaction Solutions that its products and services have substantially improved the processes of its clients' businesses by streamlining and facilitating the flow of information needed for... Nadji Tehrani http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadji_Tehrani&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHIg7Jjn7tt4iQXTrNYH_GDN87grA Earthtimes (press release) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/autonomy-etalk-receives-2008-crm-excellence-award,380164.shtml&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNG_vTEI7jGqEHcqMpxZCQg62Oxipg May 6, 2008 6911 10089 autonomy I urge the Chinese government to release Tibetan political prisoners, account for Tibetans who have, quote, 'disappeared' since protests in March, and engage in meaningful dialogue on genuine autonomy for Tibet," McCain said.
  • Pranab Mukherjee in AFP
    We remain committed to a voluntary, unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing...... We have always tempered the exercise of our strategic autonomy with a sense of global responsibility. We affirm our policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons,...

Bee Dictionary: Search, browse, look at common errors, idioms and more.