heteronomy

Het`er`on´o`my

n.	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 from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires.

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heteronomy

1. the state or condition of being ruled, governed, or under the sway of another, as in a military occupation.
2. the state or condition of being under the influence or domination, in a moral, spiritual, or similar sense, of another person, entity, force, etc. Cf. autonomy. — heteronomous, adj.

See also: Government

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the condition of being under the moral control of something or someone external; inability to be self-willing. — heteronymous, adj.

See also: Will

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the condition of being under the rule or domination of another.

See also: Politics