heteronomy
- noun
- /ˌhɛtəˈrɒnəmi/
- Specialized
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heteronomía
- In biology, heteronomy is observed in organisms where body segments differ in function, such as in certain insects.
Examples
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The concept of heteronomy explains how different parts of a jellyfish may perform distinct roles within the organism.
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Studying heteronomy helps scientists understand the evolutionary advantages of having varying structures within similar body segments.
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One asks oneself why the absence of heteronomy means intercession is not workable.
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As a male, I will be looking at feminist Mariologies from the perspective of heteronomy and Christology, both of which involved subordination and submission.
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After the briefest look at Scripture and tradition as offense, a survey will follow covering heteronomy in the Annunciation and related areas: passivity, sexuality, and then the Magnificat as proposing a non-heteronomous social iconoclasm.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
heteronomy = hetero + nomy
The classical elements suggest a notion of different arrangement or ordering, but that does not allow most learners to infer the specialized biological meaning about differentiated repeated body parts.
Etymology
Heteronomy in biology comes from the parts hetero- 'different' and -nomy 'arrangement', the same hetero- you see in heterogeneous. So it names animals whose repeated body parts or segments are different in shape or function.
