assert autonomy

Frequency: 5.03.0 per million words

To declare or insist on one's autonomy.

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  • As a teenager, it's natural to want to assert your autonomy and make your own decisions.
  • The province is trying to assert its political autonomy from the central government.
  • The creative team successfully asserted its autonomy on the new project.
  • She felt the need to assert her personal autonomy after the breakup.
  • The subsidiary company is beginning to assert its financial autonomy.
  • Historically, many colonies fought to assert their autonomy and become independent nations.
  • An important part of patient care is allowing individuals to assert their autonomy in medical choices.
  • The local council will assert its autonomy on planning decisions.
  • Artists must often assert their creative autonomy against commercial pressures.
  • If we don't give the department more freedom, they will eventually assert their autonomy in other ways.