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heteronomous definition

het·er·ono·mous (het′ər än′ə məs)

adjective

  1. subject to another's laws or rule
  2. subject to different laws of growth; differentiated or specialized, as some parts or organs are

Etymology: hetero- + Gr nomos, law (see -nomy) + -ous

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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