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autonomism

A political current which first emerged in Italy (autonomia) and Germany (autonomen) in the 1960s and 1970s. It is a radicalised version of Marxism in which class struggle rather than structure is placed at the centre of analysis and in which the proletariat is conceived as the driving force in history. Politically, autonomists insist on the importance of class autonomy and of strategies of resistance which undermine the existing incorporation of the working class and which force the emergence of new configurations of forces.

Associated especially with the work of the Italian philosopher Antonio Negri, whose texts, prior to his recent co-authored book Empire, were major expositions of the autonomist perspective.

Although analytically attached to a strongly worker-centric version of Marxism, autonomists were active in favouring the development of diverse subcultural spaces, including squatted social centres, "autoreduction" of train and bus fares (political fare-dodging), subvertising, pirate radio (e.g. radio alice) and the political demands of the emarginati (the "marginalised" or socially excluded) and "precari" (precariously positioned workers).

The main representative of this tendency in Britain today is the journal Aufheben. Autonomist tendencies also exist in most other countries.

Readers should note that autonomism is NOT the same thing as autonomous anarchism.
Negri, Tronti and Panzieri are among the leading figures of autonomism.

The autonomist movement bore the brunt of a vicious state crackdown in Germany and Italy, due to largely unfounded conflation of autonomism with armed opposition groups such as the Red Brigades.

Autonomism is an increasingly important current in intellectual life through authors such as Harry Cleaver, Chris Wright and Steve Thoburn.

The White Overall movement is partly derived from autonomist roots.
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Autonogamous

The practice or condition of having sex only with one's self for a period of time.
Someone who is autonogamous, or practicing autonogamy, is someone who has not been getting laid lately but who has an active sex life with him or her self.
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autogamous

Committed to only having a sexual relationship with oneself.
I'm tired of relationships, from now on I'm going to be autogamous.
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futonomous

used as an adjective in any situation
(the point is to not have anyone know what it means)
Your crotch rocket is futonomous.
That dinner was futonomous, Mom!
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Antonymous

A variation of the word antonym, in a manner similar to the way synonym and synonymous are related. When several words are synonyms, they mean approximately the same thing. However, when they are synonymous, they mean exactly the same thing. Similarly, there must be a word that means exactly opposite, to pair with "antonym" which only means approximately opposite. Thus, antonymous words are words that are exact polar opposites in meaning.
Black and white are antonymous.
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Amonomous

A person who is already too drunk to rally and party with friends. They just want to be alone.
You are being so amonomous!
She has become so amonomous we can"t get her out anymore.
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astronomous

'dogs bollox', 'heavy' & 'jolly good old chap'(for the toffs) all rolled into one!
"it was an astronomous footy match"!!
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