heteronomy
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het·er·on·o·my

noun \-mē\

Definition of HETERONOMY

: subjection to something else; especially : a lack of moral freedom or self-determination

Origin of HETERONOMY

heter- + -nomy (as in autonomy)
First Known Use: 1798

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