semiautonomy

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ autonomy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒnəmi

Noun

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.