Meanings
nounautonomism (uncountable)
- uncountablegovernmentA set of anti-authoritarian left-wing political and social movements originating from Italy in the 1960s.
The village-like clusters making up Jewish Birobidzhan are only passingly described, the geopolitical motivations for the region’s creation are never fleshed out and the influence of the noted historian and ideologue of Jewish autonomism Simon Dubnow is repeatedly mentioned but left undiagnosed.
2016 July 11, Steven J. Zipperstein, “Masha Gessen on a Planned Jewish Homeland in Soviet Russia”, in The New York Times - uncountablegovernmentA political doctrine which supports acquiring or preserving political autonomy of a nation or a region.
Origin
- Ancient Greekαὐτόνομος (autónomos)
- Ancient Greekαὐτονομῐ́ᾱ (autonomĭ́ā)
- Englishautonomy
- Englishautonomism
Translations
Catalan autonomisme
- autonomismeTranslations
French mouvement autonome
- mouvement autonomeTranslations
Polish autonomizm
- autonomizmTranslations
Spanish movimiento autónomo
- movimiento autónomoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
autonomism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autonomism
MLA
“autonomism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autonomism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autonomism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autonomism.
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