Usually means: Lack of social or ethical norms.
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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of anomie [Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.]

Similar:
antianarchism, idiosyncracy, anonymisation, ostracisation, alternativism, denormalisation, inorganisation, anarchosyndicalist, victimisation, apanthropinization, more...

Opposite:
social order, lawfulness, structure, organization

Adjectives:
social, conjugal, religious, low, intellectual, certain, single, economic, sexual, domestic, high

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Similar:
antianarchism, idiosyncracy, anonymisation, ostracisation, alternativism, denormalisation, inorganisation, anarchosyndicalist, victimisation, apanthropinization, more...

Opposite:
social order, lawfulness, structure, organization

Adjectives:
social, conjugal, religious, low, intellectual, certain, single, economic, sexual, domestic, high



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