anomic
pronunciation
How to pronounce anomic in British English:
UK [ə'nɒmɪk]
How to pronounce anomic in American English:
US [ə'nɒmɪk]
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- Adjective:
- socially disoriented
Word Origin
- anomic (adj.)
- 1950, from French anomique (Durkheim, 1897); see anomie.
Example
- 1. She developed a mild anomic aphasia in addition to continued alexia without agraphia .
- 2. The social cause and countermeasures to modern teacher 's anomic behaviors .
- 3. It is as if law and logos would need an anomic or " a-logic " zone of suspension in order to found their relation to life .
- 4. Instead , they express minoritarian groups , or groups that are oppressed , prohibited , in revolt , or always on the fringe of recognized institutions , groups all the more secret for being extrinsic , in other words , anomic .