Word of the Week- 2/1/2009

Emmy Belding

Mass Comm 100 W M/W 1:30

Word #1


Word: Autonomy

Source: I read this word in Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Groups, and the State by David Maybury. It was reading homework for my Anthropology 146 class.

How it was used: These were not to enjoy any local autonomy and the resources of their regions were to be developed by the central planners in Beijing for the good of the country as a whole.

Definition: Autonomy- noun, plural
1. independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions: the autonomy of the individual.
2. the condition of being autonomous; self-government, or the right of self government; independence: The rebels demanded autonomy from Spain.
3. a self-governing community.

My sentence: The people from the village ran their community as an autonomy.