Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A violation of law, especially of divine law; lawlessness.
- noun As used by Pearson and others, a breach in the routine of perceptions. See the extract.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Disregard or violation of law.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
anomie .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation
- noun lack of moral standards in a society
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Examples
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The stronger this identification, the weaker will be the threat of anomy arising from the misfortunes of individual biography.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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The stronger this identification, the weaker will be the threat of anomy arising from the misfortunes of individual biography.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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The stronger this identification, the weaker will be the threat of anomy arising from the misfortunes of individual biography.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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The stronger this identification, the weaker will be the threat of anomy arising from the misfortunes of individual biography.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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Apathy and anomy replace ideology, and only wish for change and personal freedom remain. 70% of Iranian population is now below 30, moral corruption is rampant, and regime is ripe for collapse.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Conversely, they tend to develop a state of anomy, callousness, apathy, contempt and disregard in relation to the welfare of others when it is not in one's own interest to support them.
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But water scarcity sure causes dislocation, ethnic tension, impoverishment, social anomy, and a host of other ills.
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The question is whether anomy is the demise of old standards, values, purpose or ideals, the labor pains of new ones, or both.
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The question is whether anomy is the demise of old standards, values, purpose or ideals, the labor pains of new ones, or both.
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The whole of these acts, both concerning the commencement and the progress of sin, I consider distinctly in reference to the act itself, and to the anomy or transgression of the law, a course which, according to my judgment, is necessary and useful.
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956
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