Anomie

Sociological term for "normlessness"

In sociology, anomie or anomy is a social condition defined by an uprooting or breakdown of any moral values, standards, or guidance for individuals to follow. Anomie is believed to possibly evolve from conflict of belief systems and causes breakdown of social bonds between an individual and the community (both economic and primary socialization). The term, commonly understood to mean normlessness, is believed to have been popularized by French sociologist Émile Durkheim in his influential book Suicide (1897).

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