Heterochthonous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Heterochthonous is an adjective meaning Not indigenous; foreign.
Meaning
Not indigenous; foreign.
Example Sentences
In the view of Johnson and Baldwin, the only sovereignty over Indians having any legal significance was the sovereignty imposed from without – the heterochthonous sovereignty of the United States and the individual states.
Antonyms for heterochthonous
Common opposites include autochthonous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include foreign, nonindigenous, exotic, non-native, nonnative, outborn.
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