autonomous is a person or something that acts autonomously, that is, on their own. It can be a self-employed worker, someone who works independently, without an employment relationship with any company.
The autonomous word is the feminine of autonomous.
See too:autonomy.
The autonomous person is someone who acts for himself, who has no ties with other people, companies and institutions.
The concept of self-employment under Brazilian law is one that is free to manage one's life.
There is no such thing as an "autonomous" profession, in fact autonomy is the condition of the profession. So, the person can say, for example, that their profession is a salesperson and add the self-employed person to register that they are self-employed, independently. But the autonomous expression alone does not explain what function is performed.
A self-employed clothing retailer, for example, is someone who sells clothing on their own, without having a physical or virtual store. The function requires the person to travel with several pieces for sale, showing the clothes at the customers' homes, or sometimes receiving them at their own home. A strict and careful control of expenses and stock is necessary, as the person works alone.
One autonomous region it is a geographical area with a certain degree of autonomy from the State to which it belongs. Normally, it is governed by its own laws, different from the surrounding nation. Buenos Aires, for example, is an autonomous city in Argentina.
