Look up: heteronomy

1. Heteronomy
   Het`er·on'o·my noun 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 fr...
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2. heteronomy
   1. Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; opposed to autonomy. ... 2. <psychology> 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. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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3. Heteronomy
   • (n.) Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy. • (n.) 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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4. heteronomy
   (from the article `Tillich, Paul`) ...freedom to explore life without sacrificing the essentials of a meaningful tradition became his early and lifelong preoccupation. It appears as a ...
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5. heteronomy
   heteronomous, heteronomy 1. Subject to different laws, involving different principles. 2. In biology, having different laws or modes of growth; applied to parts or members differentiated from the same primitive type. 3. Subject to different modes of growth or specialization, as organs or parts. 4. S...
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6. heteronomy
   an action which is determined by some outside influence (i.e., some force other than the freedom given by practical reason, such as inclina¬tion) impelling the subject to act in a certain way. Such action is nonmoral (i.e., neither moral nor immoral). (Cf. autonomy.)
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7. Heteronomy
   (Gr. hetero, other + nomos, law) See Autonomy.
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8. heteronomy
   Type: Term Pronunciation: het′ĕr-on′ō-mē Definitions: 1. The condition or state of being heteronomous.
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9. 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. See also: References:
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