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Noun: anomie  'a-nu,mee
  1. Personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation
    "The rapid social changes led to a state of anomie in the community";
    - anomy
     
  2. Lack of moral standards in a society
    "The anomie that followed the collapse of the government led to widespread looting";
    - anomy

Type of: immorality, isolation

Encyclopedia: Anomie