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autonomization

autonomization noun: the process of making something, someone, or a system autonomous.

Noun

autonomization (countable and uncountable, plural autonomizations)

  1. The process of making something, someone, or a system autonomous.
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Forms of autonomization

pluralautonomizations

Origin of autonomization

From autonomize + -ation, or from autonomous + -ization.

Questions about autonomization

What does autonomization mean?
Autonomization means the process of making something, someone, or a system autonomous.
What part of speech is autonomization?
Autonomization is a noun.
What is the plural of autonomization?
The plural of autonomization is autonomizations.

Words near autonomization in the dictionary

  1. autonomism
  2. autonomist
  3. autonomistic
  4. autonomistically
  5. autonomists
  6. autonomization
  7. autonomizations
  8. autonomize
  9. autonomized
  10. autonomizes
  11. autonomizing

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