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What does anomie mean?

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Noun
  1. Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.
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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.
Meanwhile, the glimpses we have of the Berlin above show a landscape out of The Triumph of Death, a city devolving into total anomie.
More recently, Seeman suggested that normlessness and meaninglessness are manifestations of anomie rather than of alienation.
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.
Insecurity and violence are closely associated with staggering unemployment, social anomie, and corruption at higher levels of government.
Freedom has been envisaged as the opportunity to do anything, but the removal of restraints can lead to a situation of confusion or anomie.

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