heteronomy
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Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
heteronomy (uncountable)
- The political subjection of a community to the rule of another power or to an external law.
- The state of being beholden to external influences.
- (biology) The condition of being heteronomous
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political subjection
being beholden to external influences
biology
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References [edit]
- heteronomy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- OED 2nd edition 1989