Heteronomy

Definition:

• (n.) Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy.
• (n.) 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.

Compare heteronomy with other words:

heteronomous vs. heteronomy

heteronomy vs. law

external vs. heteronomy

heteronomy vs. power

heteronomy vs. rule

heteronomy vs. subjection

heteronomy vs. political

autonomy vs. heteronomy