anomie

• anomy

From French anomie, from Ancient Greek ἀνομία (anomía, “lawlessness”), from ἄνομος (ánomos, “lawless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈænəmiː/

anomie (countable and uncountable, plural anomies)

1. Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.
   • 2019; Kathryn Edin, Timothy Nelson, Andrew Cherlin, and Robert Francis; "The Tenuous Attachments of Working-Class Men"; Journal of Economic Perspectives:

     This is in line with sociologist Emile Durkheim's seminal study Suicide (1897 [1997]), which argued that "anomie", or normlessness, could explain variations in suicide rates across countries and time.

• anomic (adjective)

• Anemoi

anomie f

1. anomie

First attested in 1749. Borrowed from French anomie, from Ancient Greek ἀνομία (anomía, “lawlessness”), from Ancient Greek ἄνομος (ánomos, “lawless”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.noːˈmi/

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• Hyphenation: ano‧mie
• Rhymes: -i

anomie f (uncountable)

1. lawlessness
   • 1749, Wilhelmus Peiffers, Agt korte t'zamenspraken; ingerigt tot onpartydig onderoek en genoegzame wederlegginge van de herrnhuttery, publ. by Gerardus Borstius.

     Z. Het eene met het andere vergeleken levert uit de klaarſte blyken van Antinomie en Anomie.

2. (sociology) anomie

• anomisch

From Ancient Greek ἀνομία (anomía, “lawlessness”), from ἄνομος (ánomos, “lawless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”)

• IPA^(key): /a.nɔ.mi/

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anomie f (plural anomies)

1. anomie

• anarchie

• “anomie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from French anomie.

anomie f (uncountable)

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