anomie
anomy
normlessness

The original meaning of anomie was "against or outside the law".

But there seems to be an agonizingly personal sense of anomie behind it.

Her confidence is unmistakable, even when she sings about anomie.

These moments demonstrate anomie, or the decline of standards both in society and the individual.

Another term which has a similar meaning is anomie.

The anomie grows so intense that the last words on page 158 are: "There is nothing to say."

There would be little point, for example, in asking about "social integration" or "anomie".

The actors are often in the grip of stylized anomie.

In addition, winners sometimes feel anomie from the dramatic change of lifestyles.

In the common language, the word anarchy is often used to describe chaos or anomie.

This isn't someone interesting enough to carry a novel - even one about anomie.

Not for a minute do they suggest the poetic anomie of Hopper's work.

The board of seven commissioners, which is supposed to work with the director and the Mayor, contributed to the anomie.

Anomie in common parlance is thought to mean something like "at loose ends."

His anomie and bitterness are responsible for some of the novel's finest moments.

This criticism would not be valid if anomie analysis were applied to corporate crime.

His was no general anomie or existential despair, however.

She suffered from anomie, a feeling of alienation from others.

Anomie means a condition when a person has no (or only little) standards or values.

Americans, in other words, aren't exactly suffering from anomie.

They discover that their new home threatens a different kind of violence and a soulless anomie.

The graphic novel is also good at depicting blankness and anomie.

The works could be read, of course, as symbols of present-day anomie.

In another study anomie was seen as a "push factor" in tourism.

Fear and anomie increase as we realise how profoundly wounded this society is.

"And you have the attitude of a person," Anomy said.

They talked about it, and finally Anomy was satisfied.

Strength returned, and Anomy sat up with their help.

The alternative is the chaos and terror of what Berger calls anomy.

Anomy was not much of a human being, but neither was he entirely stupid.

Anomy had not gotten much use from his soul, so he figured he could live without it.

Anomy was a boy of five.

"And this is my fiance Anomy," Melody said, introducing him to a rather ordinary-seeming man.

Anomy thought about that.

"Listen, jerk-cloud, I have problems enough without being bugged by demons," Anomy said politely.

"My name is Anomy," he said.

"And you're it," Rhythm cried, slapping Anomy as they all bolted for the nearest pie trees.

He had cast off his old nothing-name of Anomy and perfected his new one, for the dastardly deeds he was doing.

"I'm Anomy," he said.

Sociometric and trend analysis indicated root causes in alienation, anomy, and individual despair over the stifling sameness of the world.

Kamikaze Biker: Parody and Anomy in Affluent Japan.

Anomy tried to take the bottle, but was too weak, so the three princesses got down beside him, lifted him up, and poured the medicine into his mouth.

Season of Anomy by Wole Soyinka (Nigeria)

PART 2 DEAL Anomy was eighteen, and the last thing he wanted to do was settle down on the farm and work for a living.

Soon thereafter, his novel Season of Anomy (1972) and his Collected Plays (1972) were both published by Oxford University Press.

Once a man named Anomy, with the talent of Stupid Ideas, he traded his soul to a demon for the talent of Unhappening events.