semiautonomous

[sem-ee-aw-ton-uh-muhs, sem-ahy-]

adjective

1. partially self-governing, especially with reference to internal affairs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of semiautonomous¹

First recorded in 1900–05; semi- + autonomous

Example Sentences

Even so, current and former Pentagon officials note that much of the defense budget is still aimed at developing new bombers, long-range missiles and semiautonomous drones that would strengthen U.S. military capabilities in the western Pacific.

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The company, created in 2023 by two former students at Munich’s Technical University, produces a semiautonomous interceptor that looks like a small airplane.

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Autonomous or semiautonomous AI systems will make health delivery and administration less expensive, more efficient and more accessible.

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In the 1950s, India approved a semiautonomous status for Jammu and Kashmir in its national constitution, allowing the state to establish its own laws and fence off its land from outsider settlers.

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France quelled the worst of the violence by rushing thousands of armed police to the semiautonomous territory.

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