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heteronomous

adj
/ˌhɛtəˈɹɒnəməs/

Etymology

From heteronomy + -ous.

Definitions

  1. Arising from an external influence, force, or agency

    Arising from an external influence, force, or agency; not autonomous.

    • The competitive necessity of economies of action mean that surveillance capitalists must use all means available to supplant autonomous action with heteronomous action.

  2. Differing in development or in specialization.

  3. Being a dialect of an autonomous language.

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Derived

heteronomously

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for heteronomous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA