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Anomie

//ˈæn.ə.mi// noun

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Noun

1
Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values. countable, uncountable
"This is in line with sociologist Emile Durkheim's seminal study Suicide (1897 [1997]), which argued that "anomie", or normlessness, could explain variations in suicide rates across countries and time."
2
lack of moral standards in a society wordnet
3
personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation wordnet

Etymology

From French anomie, from Ancient Greek ἀνομία (anomía, “lawlessness”), from ἄνομος (ánomos, “lawless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”). Popularized by French sociologist Émile Durkheim (1858–1917).

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