Semiautonomy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being semiautonomous. uncountable

    "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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"Beijing says it wants to safeguard “one country, two systems,” the principle that supposedly guarantees Hong Kong’s semiautonomy from the mainland."

Etymology

From semi- + autonomy.

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