heteronomous in English

adjective
1
subject to a law or standard external to itself.
Conversely the more heteronomous they are in their literary practices, the more inclined they are to collaborate.

Use "heteronomous" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "heteronomous" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "heteronomous", or refer to the context using the word "heteronomous" in the English Dictionary.

1. As the moral education of communists, Deng Xiaoping emphasizes on theory education, moral exemplification, and coordination between self-rule and heteronomous measures.

2. Theirs is a heteronomous morality: they have few rules of their own, but out of fear of reprisal, may follow the rules of others.