Anomie

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  • noun. Social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.
  • noun. Alienation and purposelessness experienced by a person or a class as a result of a lack of standards, values, or ideals.
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  • noun. Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.
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  • noun. personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation
  • noun. lack of moral standards in a society
  • Word Usage
    "But in sociology, we use the term anomie, the sense of normlessness that comes just like the spiraling down."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract