heteronomous
subject to or involving different laws.
pertaining to or characterized by heteronomy.
Biology. subject to different laws of growth or specialization.
Origin of heteronomous
1Other words from heteronomous
- het·er·on·o·mous·ly, adverb
Words Nearby heteronomous
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How to use heteronomous in a sentence
An heteronomous becoming is to be traced back to the becoming of the cause which produces it.
The Reform of Education | Giovanni Gentileheteronomous: if two parts, compared with each other, are of different quality: differing in development or function.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology | John. B. Smithheteronomous, het-er-on′o-mus, adj. differentiated from a common type: subject to the rule of another.
The military system is of necessity heteronomous, while democracy must be autonomous.
A Jewish Chaplain in France | Lee J. Levinger
British Dictionary definitions for heteronomous
/ (ˌhɛtəˈrɒnɪməs) /
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 (def. 4b)
Derived forms of heteronomous
- heteronomously, adverb
- heteronomy, noun
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