heteronomous adjective.
[hɛtǝ'rɒnǝmǝs] E19.[from HETERO- + Greek nomos law: see -OUS.]1. Subject to different laws,
spec. (
Biology) of growth.
E19.2. Subject to an external law.
L19.■ D. Cupitt Morality was heteronomous, in being a matter of keeping to a sacred Law imposed upon you by another. ■ heteronomously adverb E20. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲