anomy
əˌmi 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.
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| sociol lack of social or moral standards in an individual or society | |
| [from Greek anomia lawlessness, from | |
| anomy or anomy | |
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| [from Greek anomia lawlessness, from | |
| anomic or anomy | |
| —adj | |
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| anomie or anomy (ˈænəʊmɪ) | |
| —n | |
| sociol lack of social or moral standards in an individual or society | |
| [from Greek anomia lawlessness, from | |
| anomy or anomy | |
| —n | |
| [from Greek anomia lawlessness, from | |
| anomic or anomy | |
| —adj | |
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anomie
1590s, anomy, "disregard of law," from Gk. a-, privative prefix, "without" + nomos "law" (see numismatics). The modern use, with Fr. spelling (from Durkheim's "Suicide," 1897), is first attested in English 1933 and means "absence of accepted social values."
anomy
1590s, Anglicized earlier borrowing of Fr. anomie (q.v.); from Gk. anomia, noun of quality from anomos "lawless."
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