different between adaptability vs autonomy

English

Etymology

From adaptable +? -ity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dæpt??b?l?ti/

Noun

adaptability (countable and uncountable, plural adaptabilities)

1. The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
2. (biology) Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.

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References

• adaptability in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????????? (autonomí?, “freedom to use its own laws, independence”), from ????????? (autónomos, “living under one's own laws, independent”) +? -??? (-í?, “-y, -ia”, nominal suffix). Surface analysis auto- (“self”) +? -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???t?n.?m.i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??t?n.?m.i/
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /??t?n.?m.i/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

autonomy (countable and uncountable, plural autonomies)

1. (uncountable) The right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.

   Synonym: sovereignty

   Antonyms: dependency, nonautonomy, inoperability

   1. (government, countable) A self-governing country or region.
2. (philosophy, uncountable) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
3. (mechanics, uncountable) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.

   Antonyms: heteronomy, incapacity

4. (Christianity, uncountable) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.

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References

• “autonomy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “autonomy”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).