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heterocephalous en · ADJ

Etymology

From hetero- + -cephalous.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Bearing two kinds of head or capitula; said of certain composite plants.
  2. (not-comparable) Having the governing body appointed by an outside authority; government through heterocephaly.
    • It is possible for a heterocephalous group to be autonomous and an autocephalous group to be heteronomous 2009, Max Weber, The Theory Of Social And Economic Organization: