heteronomy

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heteronomy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heteronomy \Het`er*on"o*my\, n.
     1. Subordination or subjection to the law of another;
        political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed
        to autonomy.
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     2. (Metaph.) 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. --Krauth-Fleming.
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