Definition of Heteronomy

  • (n.) Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy.
  • (n.) A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires.

Synonyms of Heteronomy


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