heteronomy Meaning, Definition & Usage

Het`er*on"o*my noun

Definitions

1. Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy.
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.