释义 |
ˈnormlessness [f. norm + -less + -ness.] Without any relevant standard or norm.
1944H. P. Fairchild Dict. Sociol. 206/1 Normlessness, the absence of any appreciable norm. 1951R. K. Merton Soc. Theory & Soc. Structure ii. iv. 128 There develops what Durkheim called ‘anomie’ (or normlessness). 1961B. R. Wilson Sects & Society iv. v. 350 The individual is sheltered from the wider social anomie..the normlessness of the modern world. 1964I. L. Horowitz New Sociology 20 All agree that anomie is defined by a ‘condition of normlessness’. 1969R. Blackburn in Cockburn & Blackburn Student Power 198 Seeman suggests reducing the concept [sc. alienation] to five psychological dimensions (feelings of normlessness, meaninglessness, powerlessness, isolation and self-estrangement). |