An autonomous country, organization, or group governs or controls itself rather than being controlled by anyone else.
independent , self-governing , self-determining
They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.
他们自豪地宣布自己是新自治省的一部分。
the liberal idea of the autonomous individual.
个体自治的自由主义思想。
An autonomous person makes their own decisions rather than being influenced by someone else.
He treated us as autonomous individuals who had to learn to make up our own minds about issues.
他视我们为独立个体,认为我们必须学会自主处理问题。