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heteronomous
[het-uh-ron-uh-muhs]
adjective
subject to or involving different laws.
pertaining to or characterized by heteronomy.
Biology.subject to different laws of growth or specialization.
heteronomous
/ ˌɛəˈɒɪə /
adjective
subject to an external law, rule, or authority Compare autonomous
(of the parts of an organism) differing in the manner of growth, development, or specialization
(in Kant's philosophy) directed to an end other than duty for its own sake Compare autonomous
Other 51Թ Forms
- heteronomously adverb
- ˌٱˈDzԴdzdzܲ adverb
- ˌٱˈDzԴdz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of heteronomous1
Example Sentences
“The people of King County are of a heterogeneous, heterologous, heteronomous and heteromorphistic nature,” alliterated Rep. A.W.
Plus take it from me, King County is only going to get more heteronomous and all the rest that that guy chided us for back in ’37.
Heteronomous, het-er-on′o-mus, adj. differentiated from a common type: subject to the rule of another.—n.
Only thus is the will truly autonomous, and from every other point of view it is heteronomous.
An heteronomous becoming is to be traced back to the becoming of the cause which produces it.
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