Autonomous vs. Heteronomous — What's the Difference?

Not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

Subject to external or foreign laws or domination; not autonomous.

Independent in mind or judgment; self-directed.

(Biology) Differing in development or structure.

Independent of the laws of another state or government; self-governing.

Arising from an external influence, force, or agency; not autonomous.

Of or relating to a self-governing entity

Differing in development or in specialization.

Self-governing with respect to local or internal affairs

Being a dialect of an autonomous language.

Autonomic.

Subject to the law of another.

Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently.

Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.

Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).

Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.

Having independent existence or laws.

Of political bodies;

Existing as an independent entity;

Of persons; free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment