ANOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anomy mean? 

• ANOMY (noun)
  The noun ANOMY has 2 senses:

1. personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation

2. lack of moral standards in a society

  Familiarity information: ANOMY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

anomie; anomy

Hypernyms ("anomy" is a kind of...):

isolation (a state of separation between persons or groups)

Derivation:

anomic (socially disoriented)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lack of moral standards in a society

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

anomie; anomy

Hypernyms ("anomy" is a kind of...):

immorality (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct)