as in subjection
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Recent Examples of heteronomy
For this reason, the passage from Arab spring to Arab winter should be understood first and foremost as a narrative of self-determination, choice, and consequences, not as a story of heteronomy and external imposition.
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New York Times, 12 May 2020
New York Times, 12 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heteronomy
Noun
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The Handmaid's Tale spared no sensitivities when diving into the cruelest treatment people like June, and even Lydia, experience at the hands of a totalitarian system bent on the total subjection of women.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Apr. 2026
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As the man brawls with his in-laws, the boy is caught between two worlds, of male rage and female subjection.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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And those norms can change quickly, with much of society managing to adapt to a prolonged state of unfreedom.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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But the reality is that car dependence entrenches debt, ill health, and vulnerability—forms of unfreedom smuggled in under the name of freedom.—
Henrietta Moore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Trump’s first term was marked—and, in the view of those closest to him, limited—by its dependence on Administration officials who were, at best, skeptical of his aims.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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High oil prices strengthen the case for renewable energy and reduce dependence on volatile supply routes.—
Fabiano Maisonnave,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Heteronomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heteronomy. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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