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Webster 1913 Edition
Heteronomous
Hetˊer-on′o-mous
,Adj.
[
Hetero-
+ Gr. νόμοσ
law.] Subject to the law of another.
Krauth-Fleming.
Definition 2024
heteronomous
heteronomous
English
Adjective
heteronomous (comparative more heteronomous, superlative most heteronomous)
- arising from an external influence, force, or agency; not autonomous
- (biology, of parts of an organism) differing in development or in specialization
- (linguistics, of a language) being a dialect of an autonomous language