Noun: anomy a-nu-mee
- Personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation
"The rapid social changes led to a state of anomy in the community";
- anomie
- Lack of moral standards in a society
"Sociologists studied the anomy prevalent in rapidly changing communities";
- anomie
Derived forms: anomies
Type of: immorality, isolation
Encyclopedia: Anomy