Autonomy and Force

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Autonomy noun - The act or power of making one's own choices or decisions.

Usage example: the director agreed to make the film only on the condition that she be given complete autonomy for the casting

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Force is an antonym for autonomy.

Force noun - A body of persons at work or available for work.

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Autonomy is an antonym for force.

full	full autonomy	full force
great	great autonomy	great force
personal	personal autonomy	personal force
creative	creative autonomy	creative force
Other adjectives: new, political, military, imperial, greater, larger, local.

Kerrigan's broodmothers are capable of autonomy and building up a force, but lack the strategic vision to be truly dangerous, so she has them intentionally made smarter.

Source: It Can Think
A Harmony Civ's end-goal is to invoke an Assimilation Plot and force all it's members into a psychic connection with the planet, with a very questionable tolerance for individual autonomy.

Source: Knight Templar / Video Games

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