1. 自治的
An autonomous country, organization, or group governs or controls itself rather than being controlled by anyone else.
1. (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
Synonym: self-directedself-reliant
2. existing as an independent entity
e.g. the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies
3. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
e.g. an autonomous judiciary
a sovereign state
Synonym: independentself-governingsovereign