semiautonomous

Adjective

Meaning

semiautonomous (not comparable)

Partially, but not fully, autonomous.
Hong Kong is a semiautonomous region of China.

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Examples

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers announced Wednesday they would resign en masse after four of them were ousted from the semiautonomous Chinese territory’s Legislature in a move one legislator said could sound the “death knell” for democracy there. Source: Internet

Journalists with travel documents from Hong Kong and Macao, semiautonomous territories, are exempt from the new rule. Source: Internet

In the first scenario, a semiautonomous MRZR with a tethered Hoverfly quadcopter is deployed to conduct reconnaissance of enemy forces. Source: Internet

Salim I, whose treasury was depleted by the wars, decided to grant the Lebanese amirs a semiautonomous status in exchange for their acting as "tax farmers". Source: Internet

The semiautonomous Zanzibari government controls the content of all public and private radio and television broadcasts in its islands. Source: Internet

In 1988 CAAC's operational fleet was transferred to new, semiautonomous airlines and has served since as a regulatory agency. Source: Internet

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