heteronomy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of heteronomy
Example Sentences
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One of its themes contrasts autonomy and heteronomy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
From it he derives his all-important distinction between religious "heteronomy," which is imposed upon the individual, and religious "autonomy," in which the individual continually seeks and hopes to find.
From Time Magazine Archive
It shows itself, nevertheless, in their systems, as it always produces heteronomy of practical reason; and from this can never be derived a moral law giving universal commands.
From The Critique of Practical Reason by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott
It is called autonomy of Will and is contrasted with heteronomy.
From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Max Simon Nordau
If it is true that a condition of "heteronomy" always precedes that of "autonomy," then the outer sanction is the indispensable condition of the evolution of moral feelings.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams
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