anomie

noun

an·o·mie ˈa-nə-mē How to pronounce anomie (audio)

variants or less commonly anomy

: social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values

The reforms of a ruined economy, under these conditions, brought about social anomie, desperation and poverty rather than relief and prosperity.

T. Mastnak

also : personal unrest, alienation, and uncertainty that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals

In the face of these prevailing values, many workers experience a kind of anomie. Their jobs become empty, meaningless, and intrinsically unsatisfying.

Robert Straus

anomic

ə-ˈnä-mik

-ˈnō-

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web His tough-yet-sensitive image feels substantive, and not just a kind of bland, Post Malone-like anomie.

Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2022 In their parallel stories, the Black intellectual’s crisis of faith meets the guilty anomie of the American expatriate.

The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 To have seen so early in his career the anomie at the heart of boredom, stasis, inertia—what a gift that was.

Vivian Gornick, The Atlantic, 16 May 2022 This doesn’t accord with the stereotype of the Lost Generation, its members drinking away their anomie in Parisian cafés.

Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2022 Those two novels plus Hemingway’s memoir of Lost Generation–era Paris, A Moveable Feast, offer a better window into the horror of the Great War and the anomie and decadence of the Twenties than anything in Gatsby.

Sarah Schutte, National Review, 6 Sep. 2021 Brian Alexander’s recent account of a hospital in Bryan, a small town in Ohio’s northeast corner, offers a glimpse into how destructive anomie can be.

David Introcaso, STAT, 30 Dec. 2021 Crystal meth is in some ways a metaphor for our times—times of anomie and isolation, of paranoia and delusion, of communities coming apart.

Sam Quinones, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2021 But when introduced during currency crises in countries that suffer from weak institutions and endemic anomie, such systems have a poor record.

Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 24 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

French anomie, from Middle French, from Greek anomia lawlessness, from anomos lawless, from a- + nomos law, from nemein to distribute — more at nimble

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

单词	anomie
释义	anomie noun an·o·mie ˈa-nə-mē variants or less commonly anomy : social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values The reforms of a ruined economy, under these conditions, brought about social anomie, desperation and poverty rather than relief and prosperity. T. Mastnak also : personal unrest, alienation, and uncertainty that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals In the face of these prevailing values, many workers experience a kind of anomie. Their jobs become empty, meaningless, and intrinsically unsatisfying. Robert Straus anomic ə-ˈnä-mik -ˈnō- adjective Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web His tough-yet-sensitive image feels substantive, and not just a kind of bland, Post Malone-like anomie. Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2022 In their parallel stories, the Black intellectual’s crisis of faith meets the guilty anomie of the American expatriate. The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 To have seen so early in his career the anomie at the heart of boredom, stasis, inertia—what a gift that was. Vivian Gornick, The Atlantic, 16 May 2022 This doesn’t accord with the stereotype of the Lost Generation, its members drinking away their anomie in Parisian cafés. Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2022 Those two novels plus Hemingway’s memoir of Lost Generation–era Paris, A Moveable Feast, offer a better window into the horror of the Great War and the anomie and decadence of the Twenties than anything in Gatsby. Sarah Schutte, National Review, 6 Sep. 2021 Brian Alexander’s recent account of a hospital in Bryan, a small town in Ohio’s northeast corner, offers a glimpse into how destructive anomie can be. David Introcaso, STAT, 30 Dec. 2021 Crystal meth is in some ways a metaphor for our times—times of anomie and isolation, of paranoia and delusion, of communities coming apart. Sam Quinones, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2021 But when introduced during currency crises in countries that suffer from weak institutions and endemic anomie, such systems have a poor record. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 24 Sep. 2021 See More Word History Etymology French anomie, from Middle French, from Greek anomia lawlessness, from anomos lawless, from a- + nomos law, from nemein to distribute — more at nimble First Known Use 1933, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition anomie noun an·o·mie variants also anomy ˈan-ə-mē : social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values also : personal unrest, alienation, and anxiety that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals
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anomie

noun

Example Sentences

Word History

Medical Definition

noun