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#60332 03/10/02 01:08 AM
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anyone know any?

I was walking along, composing something in my head, in which I wanted to use such a word. All I came up with was "non-autonomous." I became so intrigued with the search for a word meaning the opposite of autonomous, I now cannot remember what the hell I was writing in my head.

Sighhhhhh

But I'm still curious about the word!


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#60334 03/10/02 09:53 AM
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How 'bout sycophantic, suckling, parasitic, milk-soppy, addicted, imprisoned, restricted, limited, captured, bound-up, erased, obliterated.... I'm stretching here into existentially annihilation!

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Bituminous?


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To demonstrate my outstanding command of the obvious, "heteronomous".


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Not named after a car???



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#60338 03/10/02 11:20 PM
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yes, but "not named after a car" is not just one word, now, is it?!

I wish I could remember what the hell I was trying to write in my head - then I could choose better from the exquisite selection provided above...! Dammit. That's the problem with writing in one's head - sometimes you lose the best stuff (the ones that got away) and sometimes you lose the plot entirely.


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controlled, regulated, governed, subjugated, enslaved, supervised.


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#60340 03/11/02 04:35 PM
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If someone will help me with my Greek or Latin, we can figure this out!

Auto = self.

What word would mean OTHER?

Other-omous, it would become, yes? But what's the prefix in Latin or Greek? Neat question!



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