heteronomy

Meaning

  1. (uncountable, usually) The political subjection of a community to the rule of another power or to an external law.
  2. (uncountable, usually) The state of being beholden to external influences.
  3. (uncountable, usually) The condition of being heteronomous.

Translations

fremdbestimmtes Handeln

Fremdgesetzlichkeit

heteronomia

Etymology

From hetero- + -nomy.

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