heteronomous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: het=er=on=o=mous

CIDE DICTIONARY

heteronomous, a. [Hetero- + Gr. no`mos law.].

 Subject to the law of another.  Krauth-Fleming.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

heteronomous, adj.
1 subject to an external law (cf. AUTONOMOUS).
2 Biol. subject to different laws (of growth etc.).

THESAURUS

heteronomous

absolute, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, bureaucratic, civic, civil, constitutional, democratic, despotic, dictatorial, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, governmental, gubernatorial, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, pluralistic, political, republican, self-governing, theocratic, totalitarian