anomic
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a·no·mi·a
(ə-nō′mē-ə)n.
Aphasia characterized by the impaired ability to recall the names of persons and things.
a·nom′ic (ə-nŏm′ĭk, ə-nō′mĭk) adj.
an·o·mie
or an·o·my (ăn′ə-mē)n.
1. Social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.
2. 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).
[French, from Greek anomiā, lawlessness, from anomos, lawless : a-, without; see a-1 + nomos, law; see nem- in Indo-European roots.]
a·nom′ic (ə-nŏm′ĭk, ə-nō′mĭk) adj.
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Adj. | 1. | anomic - socially disoriented; "anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people" unoriented - not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained; "engaged in unoriented study"; "unoriented until she looked at the map" |
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anomický