|hed.ə|ränəməs adjective
Etymology: German heteronom (from heter- + -onom, as in autonom autonomous, from Greek autonomos ) + English -ous — more at autonomous
1. : subject to or involving different laws of growth
in most segmented animals … the segmentation is heteronomous — Libbie H. Hyman
2. : subject to external controls and impositions : originating outside the self or one's own will
nor is the Christian view heteronomous , in the sense that the will is enslaved by the dictates of a despot alien to the self's will — W.W.Beach
• het·er·on·o·mous·ly adverb