Word of the Week

Word # 4

Word: autonomy

Source: Christenen, Terry, Tom Hogan. Local Politics: a practical guide to governing at the grassroots. 2nd ed. New York, M.E. Sharp, Inc. 2006.

How it was used: Yet, as with sovereignty disputes between the federal government and the states, local government autonomy operates within the confines of a state's constitutional framework, thus providing one of the enduring tensions of American local government.

Definition: aw-ton-uh-mee (n). 1. Independence or freedoom, as of the will or one's actions. 2. the condition of being autonomous; self-government, or the right of self-government; independence. 3. a self-governing community.

My sentence: The group of teenagers demanded autonomy from their parents.