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heteronomous

/ˌhɛtəˈɹɒnəməs/

heteronomous adjective: arising from an external influence, force, or agency; not autonomous.

Adjective

heteronomous (comparative more heteronomous, superlative most heteronomous)

  1. Arising from an external influence, force, or agency; not autonomous.
    • The competitive necessity of economies of action mean that surveillance capitalists must use all means available to supplant autonomous action with heteronomous action.2018, Shoshana Zuboff, chapter 10, in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
  2. Differing in development or in specialization.
  3. Being a dialect of an autonomous language.

heteronomous meaning in Tamil

heteronomous in Tamil

புறவுரிமைப்பட்ட

Antonyms of heteronomous

Forms of heteronomous

comparativemore heteronomous
superlativemost heteronomous

Origin of heteronomous

From heteronomy + -ous.

Words formed from heteronomous

Questions about heteronomous

What does heteronomous mean?
Heteronomous means arising from an external influence, force, or agency; not autonomous.
What is heteronomous in Tamil?
Heteronomous in Tamil is புறவுரிமைப்பட்ட. See Heteronomous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heteronomous?
Heteronomous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce heteronomous?
Heteronomous is pronounced /ˌhɛtəˈɹɒnəməs/.

Words near heteronomous in the dictionary

  1. heteronemerteans
  2. heteroness
  3. heteroneuran
  4. heteroneurans
  5. heteronomies
  6. heteronomous
  7. heteronomously
  8. heteronomy
  9. heteronormal
  10. heteronormality
  11. heteronormalization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heteronomous (page history and authors); heteronomous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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