Heteronomy
Pronunciation : Het`er*on"o*my
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy.
2. (Metaph.)
Defn: A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires. Krauth-Fleming.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913