heteronomy

English

Etymology

hetero- +‎ -nomy

Noun

heteronomy (usually uncountable, plural heteronomies)

  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.

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