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anomie::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | anomy |
| Type of | immorality |
Examples of anomie
anomie
In explaining the development of the culture, they utilized the concept of anomie.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Eriksen noted that the individual runs the risk of anomie and social homelessness.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Maundering, egocentric speculations on spiritual anomie, all in polite tempos.
From the time.com
The short story was the natural embodiment of a kind of disconnectedness or anomie.
From the guardian.co.uk
The warnings came with the tuition-fee protests and the sheer anomie of the rioters.
From the dailymail.co.uk
The rise of organised retail will save Indians money, even if it adds a little anomie.
From the economist.com
Mr Rykwert has his worries, to be sure, but he does not see ruin or anomie everywhere.
From the economist.com
Is it pointing at a creeping anomie, to a society without a moral compass?
From the guardian.co.uk
If Balsillie can pull this off, anomie if not anarchy, would be the order of the day.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
- Personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation
- Lack of moral standards in a society
- Anomie (/u02C8u00E6nu0259u02CCmi/) 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. It was popularized by French sociologist u00C9mile Durkheim in his influential book Suicide (1897)...
- Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values
- A crisis in the moral order of a social group resulting in the inability of the group to provide order and normative regulation for individual members.
- A state of normlessness characterized by the loss of a sense of meaning and detachment from others in the society.
- The lack of a social ethic produces moral deregulation and an absence of legitimate aspirations. (Wiki)
- A situation in which people are less affected by conventions and established social norms. Often associated with the isolation of urban life. See Gesellschaft.
- This is a social condition characterized by the breakdown of norms governing social interaction. This may happen either due to existence of contradictory norms or due to inadequacy of norms. ...
