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anomy

anomy is the alternative spelling of anomie.

Meaning of anomie

Noun

anomie (countable and uncountable, plural anomies)

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

Questions about anomy

What is anomy the alternative spelling of?
Anomy is the alternative spelling of anomie.

Words near anomy in the dictionary

  1. anomotreme
  2. anomphalid
  3. anomphalids
  4. anomuran
  5. anomurans
  6. anomy
  7. anon
  8. anon meme
  9. anon memes
  10. anon.
  11. anona

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