heteronomy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Antonyms 1.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

heteronomy (uncountable)

1. The political subjection of a community to the rule of another power or to an external law.
2. The state of being beholden to external influences.
3. (biology) The condition of being heteronomous

[edit] Antonyms

• autonomy

[edit] References

• heteronomy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• *OED 2nd edition 1989