{i} social instability; breakdown of social structure (Sociology); personal condition of isolation and unrest as a result of lack of social control and regulation; violation of law, absence of law and order
From the Greek, "without law," a collapse of the social structures of a given society, or the state of alienation experienced by individuals and groups under these circumstances This experience of disorder or chaos is one of the precipitating catalysts for apocalyptic literature and movements
Emile Durkheim's designation for a condition in which social control becomes ineffective as a result of the loss of shared values and a sense of purpose in society
In the social sciences, a condition of social instability or personal unrest resulting from a breakdown of standards and values or from a lack of purpose or ideals. The term was introduced in 1897 by Émile Durkheim, who believed that one type of suicide (anomic) resulted from the breakdown of social standards that people need and use to regulate their behavior. Robert K. Merton studied the causes of anomie in the U.S., finding it severest in persons who lack acceptable means of achieving their cultural goals. Delinquency, crime, and suicide are often reactions to anomie. See also alienation
French term derived from Greek: "lawlesness" Term introduced by Emile Durkheim in Suicide (1897) Structural condition in which social norms or moral consensus are weak and/or conflicting
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(noun.) 1933. French anomie, from Middle French, from Greek anomia lawlessness, from anomos lawless, from a- + nomos law, from nemein to distribute; more at NIMBLE.