different between autonomous vs autonomic

English

Etymology

autonomy +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???t?n?m?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??t?n?m?s/
• (US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /??t?n?m?s/
• Rhymes: -?n?m?s

Adjective

autonomous (comparative more autonomous, superlative most autonomous)

1. Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently.
2. Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
3. (Celtic linguistics, of a verb form) Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).

Synonyms

• (governing independently): sovereign, self-governing
• (acting on one's own behalf): self-standing, self-directed

Antonyms

• heteronomous

Derived terms

• autonomously
• semiautonomous

Related terms

• autonomy

Translations

See also

• autonomous area
• autonomous navigation

English

Alternative forms

• autonomical

Etymology

From autonomy +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.t??n?m.?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??t.??n?m.?k/
• Rhymes: -?m?k

Adjective

autonomic (not comparable)

1. (neurology) Acting or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control.
2. (neuroanatomy, neurology) Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system.

Derived terms

Related terms

• autonomous
• dysautonomic

References

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