| Title | heteronomy |
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary het·er·on·o·my ETYMOLOGY heter- + -nomy (as in autonomy) DATE 1798 : subjection to something else; especially : a lack of moral freedom or self-determination Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged het·er·on·o·my \ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷mē\ noun (-es) Etymology: German heteronomie, from heter- + -onomie (as in autonomie autonomy, from Greek autonomia) — more at autonomy 1. : a subjection to something else: as a. : a subordination to the law or domination of another (as in political subjection) b. : the condition of lacking moral freedom or self-determination < in heteronomy the will … is obeying laws not of its own making — D.D.Runes > — opposed to autonomy 2. : the quality or state of being heteronomous |
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