Anomie

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.
  • n. Alienation and purposelessness experienced by a person or a class as a result of a lack of standards, values, or ideals: "We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie and rage” ( Charles Krauthammer).
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  • n. Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.
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  • n. personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation
  • n. lack of moral standards in a society
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    isolation    immorality   
     
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