heteronomy

== English == === Etymology === From hetero- +‎ -nomy. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɒnəmi === Noun === heteronomy (usually uncountable, plural heteronomies) The political subjection of a community to the rule of another power or to an external law. The state of being beholden to external influences. (biology) The condition of being heteronomous. ==== Antonyms ==== autonomy ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “heteronomy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “heteronomy”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.