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nonautonomously

nonautonomously adverb: in a manner that is not autonomous, or that lacks autonomy.

Adverb

nonautonomously (not comparable)

  1. In a manner that is not autonomous, or that lacks autonomy
    • Because of this, a person's activities will always lack value when his government has induced him to pursue them nonautonomously; but they will not always lack value when his government has not induced him to pursue them nonautonomously.2002, George Sher, “Liberal neutrality and the value of autonomy”, in G.W. Smith, editor, Liberalism, →ISBN, page 166

Origin of nonautonomously

From nonautonomous + -ly.

Questions about nonautonomously

What does nonautonomously mean?
Nonautonomously means in a manner that is not autonomous, or that lacks autonomy.
What part of speech is nonautonomously?
Nonautonomously is an adverb.

Words near nonautonomously in the dictionary

  1. nonautomaticity
  2. nonautomation
  3. nonautomotive
  4. nonautonomic
  5. nonautonomous
  6. nonautonomously
  7. nonautonomy
  8. nonautophagic
  9. nonautoreactive
  10. nonautoregressive
  11. nonautosomal

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