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| User: | anomie (251741) I thought what I'd do was...
I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. |
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| Name: | All is One, One is All | |||||||||
| Website: | The Beekeeper | |||||||||
| Bio: | Anomie an·o·mie /ˈænəˌmi/ [an-uh-mee] –noun Sociology. a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people. an·o·mie (ān'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) anomie 1591, anomy, "disregard of law," from Gk. a- "without" + nomos "law". The modern use, with Fr. spelling (from Durkheim's "Suicide," 1897), is first attested 1933 and means "absence of accepted social values." anomie noun 1. personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation 2. lack of moral standards in a society Main Entry: an·o·mie Variant: also an·o·my /'an-&-mE/ Function: noun : social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values; also : personal unrest, alienation, and anxiety that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals | |||||||||
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| Mutual Friends: | 4: anomie, fryingpan, pokkee, pukachu | |||||||||
| Also Friend of: | 1: xero | |||||||||
| Member of: | 1: rainbowbrigde | |||||||||
| Account type: | Free Patient | |||||||||
