Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The morphological relation or special homology existing between parts which are arranged along a transverse axis of the body, or in one segment only of its long axis. See
homonomous . - noun Lack of distinction of parts, as the absence of segmentation, or the equivalence of the divisions of the body, among annelids: contrasted with heteronomy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes.
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- noun biology The
homology of parts arranged ontransverse axes .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Uruguay exhibit any other relation to those of Carony, than that of an homonomy, which is perhaps only accidental.
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Omaguas, or Omeguas.) the nations that are settled north and south of the Amazon have had communications with each other, I will not decide whether the Guayanos of Parana and of Uruguay exhibit any other relation to those of Carony, than that of an homonomy, which is perhaps only accidental.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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We want to commune with the other forces in existence in accordance with our desire for homonomy.
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We would thus subdivide this category into sensory pleasure/wish fulfillment (homonomy) and a priori relations of ideas (autonomy).
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These allow for different types of energetic experiences and development-autonomy and homonomy, respectively.
Sexuality 2009
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Furthermore, homonomy is itself an ideal posited by the organism, and the autonomous individual is itself a product of its environment.
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These considerations can likewise be applied to our schemata in terms of the trend towards autonomy and the trend towards homonomy.
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Without homonomy there is no interaction, and without autonomy there are no things.
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Without homonomy there can be no successful autonomy, and without autonomy there can be no successful homonomy.
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The former is a factual claim (homonomy) and the latter is a value assertion (autonomy).
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