HETERONOMIES

Noun

heteronomies

plural of heteronomy

Source: Wiktionary


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.

2. (Metaph.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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