different between anomic vs anomie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?m?k/

Etymology 1

Related to anomia.

Adjective

anomic (comparative more anomic, superlative most anomic)

1. (neurology) Characterized by or pertaining to anomia (the inability to remember names).

Etymology 2

From anomie.

Adjective

anomic (comparative more anomic, superlative most anomic)

1. (sociology) Socially disorganized, disoriented or alienated.

Related terms

• anomie

Translations

Further reading

• “anomic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Camino, MINOCA, Monica, anicom, camion, conima, manioc

English

Alternative forms

• anomy

Etymology

From French anomie, from Ancient Greek ?????? (anomía, “lawlessness”), from ?????? (ánomos, “lawless”), from ?- (a-, “not”) + ????? (nómos, “law”). Popularized by French sociologist Émile Durkheim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn?mi?/

Noun

anomie (countable and uncountable, plural anomies)

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

     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.

   • 2020, Freda Adler, The Legacy of Anomie Theory, Routledge (?ISBN)

     Although the hypotheses on what causes anomie are different and reflect the social conditions of different societies, the concept itself refers to the same idea/phenomenon: a weakening of the guiding power of social norms, a loosened social control.

Derived terms

• anomic (adjective)

Translations

Further reading

• anomie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Anemoi, Maione

Czech

Noun

anomie f

1. anomie

Dutch

Etymology

First attested in 1749. Borrowed from French anomie, from Ancient Greek ?????? (anomía, “lawlessness”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (ánomos, “lawless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.no??mi/
• Hyphenation: ano?mie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

anomie f (uncountable)

1. lawlessness
   • 1749, Wilhelmus Peiffers, Agt korte t'zamenspraken; ingerigt tot onpartydig onderoek en genoegzame wederlegginge van de herrnhuttery, publ. by Gerardus Borstius.

     Z. Het eene met het andere vergeleken levert uit de klaar?te blyken van Antinomie en Anomie.

2. (sociology) anomie

Derived terms

• anomisch

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (anomía, “lawlessness”), from ?????? (ánomos, “lawless”), from ?- (a-, “not”) + ????? (nómos, “law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.n?.mi/

Noun

anomie f (plural anomies)

1. anomie

See also

• anarchie

Further reading

• “anomie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French anomie.

Noun

anomie f (uncountable)

1. anomie