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Anomic
//əˈnɑm.ɪk// adj
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Adjective
- 1 Characterized by or pertaining to anomia (the inability to remember names).
"When these patients are asked to say aloud the name of an object in a drawing (like a broom), it is common for them to fall into an anomic state in which they cannot recover the name of the object, although they know perfectly well what object is represented in the drawing."
- 2 Socially disorganized, disoriented or alienated.
"Anglo-Indians (Eurasians) ceased to be counted as a separate category although we know from other evidence that many of that community, beleaguered and anomic as they often felt themselves to be, remained in railroad service (Bear, 2007)."
Adjective
- 1 socially disoriented wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
Related to anomia.
Etymology 2
From anomie + -ic.
See also for "anomic"
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