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semiautonomy

semiautonomy noun: the quality of being semiautonomous.

Noun

semiautonomy (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being semiautonomous.
    • Beijing says it wants to safeguard “one country, two systems,” the principle that supposedly guarantees Hong Kong’s semiautonomy from the mainland.2020 May 22, Lewis Lau Yiu-man, “China Doesn’t Just Want to Control Hong Kong”, in The New York Times

Origin of semiautonomy

From semi- + autonomy.

Words that rhyme with semiautonomy

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Questions about semiautonomy

What does semiautonomy mean?
Semiautonomy means the quality of being semiautonomous.
What part of speech is semiautonomy?
Semiautonomy is a noun.

Words near semiautonomy in the dictionary

  1. semiautomating
  2. semiautomation
  3. semiautomaton
  4. semiautonomous
  5. semiautonomously
  6. semiautonomy
  7. semiautos
  8. semiauxiliaries
  9. semiauxiliary
  10. semiaxes
  11. semiaxis

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