'Heteronomy' definitions:

Definition of 'Heteronomy'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]