Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A violation of law, especially of divine law; lawlessness.
  • noun As used by Pearson and others, a breach in the routine of perceptions. See the extract.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Disregard or violation of law.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of anomie.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation
  • noun lack of moral standards in a society

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Examples

  • The stronger this identification, the weaker will be the threat of anomy arising from the misfortunes of individual biography.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • The stronger this identification, the weaker will be the threat of anomy arising from the misfortunes of individual biography.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • The stronger this identification, the weaker will be the threat of anomy arising from the misfortunes of individual biography.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • The stronger this identification, the weaker will be the threat of anomy arising from the misfortunes of individual biography.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • Apathy and anomy replace ideology, and only wish for change and personal freedom remain. 70% of Iranian population is now below 30, moral corruption is rampant, and regime is ripe for collapse.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Conversely, they tend to develop a state of anomy, callousness, apathy, contempt and disregard in relation to the welfare of others when it is not in one's own interest to support them.

    On Rejecting "The System" 2008

  • But water scarcity sure causes dislocation, ethnic tension, impoverishment, social anomy, and a host of other ills.

    The Emerging Water Wars 2006

  • ” The question is whether anomy is the demise of old standards, values, purpose or ideals, the labor pains of new ones, or both.

    Philocrites: At least the UU blogosphere is growing... 2004

  • ” The question is whether anomy is the demise of old standards, values, purpose or ideals, the labor pains of new ones, or both.

    Philocrites: February 2004 Archives 2004

  • The whole of these acts, both concerning the commencement and the progress of sin, I consider distinctly in reference to the act itself, and to the anomy or transgression of the law, a course which, according to my judgment, is necessary and useful.

    The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956

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