a 1 n 1 o 1 m 3 i 1 e 1
6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation
noun lack of moral standards in a society
originFrom French anomie, from Ancient Greek ἀνομία (anomía, “lawlessness”), from ἄνομος (ánomos, “lawless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”). Popularized by French sociologist Émile Durkheim (1858–1917).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0