semiautonomy

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English

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Etymology

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From semi- +‎ autonomy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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semiautonomy (uncountable)

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