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heteronomynoun
The political subjection of a community to the rule of another power or to an external law.
heteronomynoun
The state of being beholden to external influences.
heteronomynoun
The condition of being heteronomous
Webster Dictionary
Heteronomynoun
subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy
Heteronomynoun
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
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Heteronomy
Heteronomy refers to action that is influenced by a force outside the individual. Immanuel Kant, drawing on Jean-Jacques Rousseau, considered such an action nonmoral. It is the counter-opposite of autonomy. Philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis contrasted heteronomy from autonomy in noting that while all societies create their own institutions, autonomous societies are those in which their members are aware of this fact, and explicitly self-institute. In contrast, the members of heteronomous societies attribute their imaginaries to some extra-social authority.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Heteronomy in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Heteronomy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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