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Definitions of anomy in various dictionaries:
noun - personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation
noun - lack of moral standards in a society
adj - a collapse of the social structures governing a given society [n -S] : ANOMIC
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| Societal breakdown |
| Societal collapse |
| Breakdown of societal norms (Var.) |
| Lack of societal moral standards |
| Breakdown of societal norms |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Sep 5 2017 Universal |
| Feb 27 2015 Universal |
| Nov 4 2013 Universal |
| Jun 18 2013 Universal |
| Oct 20 2009 Universal |
| Nov 20 2008 L.A. Times Daily |
| Sep 17 2004 USA Today |
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| Alternative spelling of anomie. |
| lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group. |
| Lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group. |
| lack of moral standards in a society |
| personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation |
| Anomy might refer to |
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| Anomie () is a "condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals". It is the breakdown of social bonds between an individual and the community, e.g., under unruly scenarios resulting in fragmentation of social identity and rejection of self-regulatory values.The term is commonly understood to mean normlessness, and believed to have been popularized by French sociologist Émile Durkheim in his influential book Suicide (1897). However, Durkheim first introduces the concept of anomie in his 1893 work 'The Division of Labour In Society.' Durkheim never used the term normlessness; rather, he described anomie as "derangement", and "an insatiable will". Durkheim used the term "the malady of the infinite" because desire without limit can never be fulfilled; it only becomes more intense.For Durkheim, anomie arises more generally from a mismatch between personal or group standards and wider social standards, or from the lack of a social ethic, which produces moral deregula |