autonomism

[ aw-ton-uh-miz-uhm ]

/ ɔˈtɒn əˌmɪz əm /

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noun

the belief in or a movement toward autonomy.

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Origin of autonomism

First recorded in 1870–75; autonom(y) + -ism

au·ton·o·mist, adjective, noun

The doctrine of "National-Cultural Autonomism" was crystallized in definite slogans.
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Vol. 3 of 3.|S. M. Dubnow