Sentence examples for a sign of autonomy from inspiring English sources

It's de rigueur to have a vibrator - a sign of autonomy, a zeitgeist thing.

In this regard, it would appear that opting out of strict eating regimes becomes a sign of autonomy and therefore is a part of the individual identity.

Google's inconsistency in tag v. label is probably a sign of product group autonomy and a big "who cares" at the senior level.

Similar to the preferences from participants who are permanently sick or disabled, it is possible that older participants saw care home as a sign of loss of control and autonomy (especially considering that when the survey was carried out they were still living at home).

The right to make mistakes – the right to be wrong – is the true sign of autonomy, which most African countries have been denied for far too long.

If options of prematurely ending one's life are known beforehand, VSED is an expression of autonomy and control, and therefore a sign of the patient's competence.

But he still has to worry that voters will read it as a sign of a son not yet risen to full autonomy.

Hunt has described the emergence of these potentially part-time regional commissioners, the subject of little parliamentary debate, as a sign of Gove's ideological retreat over total school autonomy.

5, 21– 23 Assistive technologies designed to facilitate autonomy are often seen as a sign of decline or handicap.

This evidence supports the concept of a "risk society [ 18]," in which growing CAM use could be a sign of "a desire for personal fulfillment and need for autonomy and active participation in healthcare during pregnancy and childbirth" [ 19].

Challenging the knowledge and beliefs of clients with regards to HIV is a sign of respect for her and renders her decisions to be truly well informed (strengthening her autonomy) [ 24].