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单词 anomie
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Definition of anomie in English:

anomie

(also anomy)
nounˈanəmiˈænəˌmi
mass noun
  • Lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group.

    the theory that high-rise architecture leads to anomie in the residents
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To find out the how and why we have to go further back, to the 1880s, when London's and Europe's intellectuals were beset with doubt and anomie.
    • Insecurity and violence are closely associated with staggering unemployment, social anomie, and corruption at higher levels of government.
    • In turn, this anomie led to a search for reorientation.
    • Filmed around Wellington, it tells multiple stories of anomie, despair and occasional uplifting moments.
    • Sociologists define anomie as a state where normal values are confused, unclear or not present.
    • But governments these days face anomie, impatience, generalised discontent, which are less amenable than they once were to the recompense of doctrinal zeal, for the simple reason that it does not exist.
    • The tone of the novel is one of anomie and alienation.
    • Complaints of attendant social breakdown, of anomie and alienation, of the dissolution of marriage and households, of the decline of religion, were commonly - and perhaps too glibly - voiced.
    • Sociologists, such as Durkheim, Marx, and Weber have all discussed the central problem of modernity with their ideas about anomie, alienation, and the iron cage of bureaucracy.
    • Culture was also looked towards to counter the alienating experience of industrial society, which was marked by impoverishment and anomie.
    • This sample has been used to test the relevance of diverse factors related to economic strain and anomie on individuals' religious affiliation preferences.
    • Suburbs have been assigned responsibility not merely for social anomie but also for a range of societal ills from gun violence to oil dependence to obesity.
    • The postwar economic development of Colombia reflects the pervasive social anomie.
    • In the latter half of her article, Ms Toynbee turns to social anomie among her neighbours in her block of flats.
    • In spite of his brush with big city anomie, he's a survivor, someone who tries to find the good in every situation and strives to be agreeable.
    • Freedom has been envisaged as the opportunity to do anything, but the removal of restraints can lead to a situation of confusion or anomie.
    • Deafness and incomprehension, producing anomie and a reluctance to vote, are the default modes of the modern electorate.
    • This youthful triangle becomes the centre of the story, a generation adrift because their parents, too, have lost their moorings in a suburban sea of affluence and anxious anomie.
    • It's a really sweet bit of jangly pop, and gives me the feeling that everything is going to be alright, a rare feeling in the current world of turmoil and anomie.
    • But this only produces increased anomie and ultimately stasis.

Derivatives

  • anomic

  • adjectiveəˈnɒmɪk
    • I know it's a fashion thing and as a sociologist I could go on all day about anomic youth and the intrinsic power of youth sub cultures, inclusion, exclusion and the influence and glamour of rap music but that's boring.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But when they are compared with their U.S. peers, they seem both pretty conservative and pretty liberal as opposed to anomic, alienated, violent, and excluded.
      • Yes, this is a Herculean task given that following independence and the growing exposure of the Namibian economy to global competition, the country drifted into a somewhat anomic situation, which could not be remedied yet.
      • And rather than the anomic feeling that comes from never talking to your neighbours, there's a constant bustle of visitors through the door.
      • And the premise of such a debate is the dangers of individualism and self-interest as pathways to anomic and destructive ‘lifestyle’ choices.

Origin

1930s: from French, from Greek anomia, from anomos 'lawless'.

 
 

Definition of anomie in US English:

anomie

(also anomy)
nounˈænəˌmiˈanəˌmē
  • Lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group.

    the theory that high-rise architecture leads to anomie in the residents
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Suburbs have been assigned responsibility not merely for social anomie but also for a range of societal ills from gun violence to oil dependence to obesity.
    • To find out the how and why we have to go further back, to the 1880s, when London's and Europe's intellectuals were beset with doubt and anomie.
    • In the latter half of her article, Ms Toynbee turns to social anomie among her neighbours in her block of flats.
    • It's a really sweet bit of jangly pop, and gives me the feeling that everything is going to be alright, a rare feeling in the current world of turmoil and anomie.
    • Culture was also looked towards to counter the alienating experience of industrial society, which was marked by impoverishment and anomie.
    • This sample has been used to test the relevance of diverse factors related to economic strain and anomie on individuals' religious affiliation preferences.
    • But this only produces increased anomie and ultimately stasis.
    • Insecurity and violence are closely associated with staggering unemployment, social anomie, and corruption at higher levels of government.
    • This youthful triangle becomes the centre of the story, a generation adrift because their parents, too, have lost their moorings in a suburban sea of affluence and anxious anomie.
    • Filmed around Wellington, it tells multiple stories of anomie, despair and occasional uplifting moments.
    • Deafness and incomprehension, producing anomie and a reluctance to vote, are the default modes of the modern electorate.
    • In spite of his brush with big city anomie, he's a survivor, someone who tries to find the good in every situation and strives to be agreeable.
    • Complaints of attendant social breakdown, of anomie and alienation, of the dissolution of marriage and households, of the decline of religion, were commonly - and perhaps too glibly - voiced.
    • But governments these days face anomie, impatience, generalised discontent, which are less amenable than they once were to the recompense of doctrinal zeal, for the simple reason that it does not exist.
    • The tone of the novel is one of anomie and alienation.
    • Sociologists, such as Durkheim, Marx, and Weber have all discussed the central problem of modernity with their ideas about anomie, alienation, and the iron cage of bureaucracy.
    • Freedom has been envisaged as the opportunity to do anything, but the removal of restraints can lead to a situation of confusion or anomie.
    • The postwar economic development of Colombia reflects the pervasive social anomie.
    • In turn, this anomie led to a search for reorientation.
    • Sociologists define anomie as a state where normal values are confused, unclear or not present.

Origin

1930s: from French, from Greek anomia, from anomos ‘lawless’.

 
 
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