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an·o·mie    Audio Help   [an-uh-mee] Pronunciation Key
–noun Sociology.
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
Also, an·o·my.

[Origin: 1930–35; < F < Gk anomía lawlessness. See a-6, -nomy]

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a·nom·ic    Audio Help   [uh-nom-ik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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an·o·mie or an·o·my    Audio Help   (ān'ə-mē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.
  2. Alienation and purposelessness experienced by a person or a class as a result of a lack of standards, values, or ideals: "We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie and rage" (Charles Krauthammer).


[French, from Greek anomiā, lawlessness, from anomos, lawless : a-, without; see a-1 + nomos, law; see nem- in Indo-European roots.]

a·nom'ic (ə-nŏm'ĭk, ə-nō'mĭk) adj.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
anomie 
1591, anomy, "disregard of law," from Gk. a- "without" + nomos "law" (see numismatics). The modern use, with Fr. spelling (from Durkheim's "Suicide," 1897), is first attested 1933 and means "absence of accepted social values."

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anomie

noun
1. personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation 
2. lack of moral standards in a society 

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Main Entry: an·o·mie
Variant: also an·o·my /'an-&-mE/
Function: noun
: social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values; also : personal unrest, alienation, and anxiety that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

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