anomie
n. breakdown of social structure (Sociology) | ||||
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Anomie Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| WordNet 2.0 |
anomie
Noun
1. personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation
(synonym) anomy
(hypernym) isolation
2. lack of moral standards in a society
(synonym) anomy
(hypernym) immorality
Noun
1. personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation
(synonym) anomy
(hypernym) isolation
2. lack of moral standards in a society
(synonym) anomy
(hypernym) immorality
| GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS |
anomie
Social instability caused by an undermining of values; also, the personal rootlessness that comes from a lack of purpose.
***"Rudolf's not doing well as a house-husband; apparently, he can't his anomie enough to do the laundry."
Social instability caused by an undermining of values; also, the personal rootlessness that comes from a lack of purpose.
***"Rudolf's not doing well as a house-husband; apparently, he can't his anomie enough to do the laundry."
Anomie Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| A Dictionary of Postmodern Terms |
anomie
social instability, alienation and a sense of purposelessness cause by a steady erosion of standards and values.
social instability, alienation and a sense of purposelessness cause by a steady erosion of standards and values.
Anomie Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems |
Anomie
Literally, without law, a condition of disintegration of a society into individual components resulting from the absence of conventions, shared perception s and goals. A social system describable as a mere aggregate (see aggregation ), the state of maximum social entropy (Etzioni). (krippendorff )
Literally, without law, a condition of disintegration of a society into individual components resulting from the absence of conventions, shared perception s and goals. A social system describable as a mere aggregate (see aggregation ), the state of maximum social entropy (Etzioni). (krippendorff )
| Glossary of Sociology |
ANOMIE
A structural condition in which social norms are weak or conflicting.
A structural condition in which social norms are weak or conflicting.
Anomie Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries