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Definition of anomie noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

anomie

noun
 
/ˈænəmi/
 
/ˈænəmi/
(also anomy)
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. a lack of social or moral standards
    Word Origin1930s: from French, from Greek anomia, from anomos ‘lawless’.
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