heteronomy

See also: heteronymy

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ -nomy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒnəmi

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.

Antonyms

• autonomy

Translations

political subjection

Japanese: 他治 (tachi)

being beholden to external influences

Japanese: 他律 (ja) (taritsu) Persian: دگرمختاری (degarmoxtâri)

biology

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References

• “heteronomy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “heteronomy”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.