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heteronomous

adjective

Meaning

  1. Arising from an external influence, force, or agency; not autonomous
  2. (of parts of an organism) differing in development or in specialization
  3. (of a language) being a dialect of an autonomous language

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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