Today’s Words That Work: Anomie
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Anomie (a-nuh-MEE) — from the Greek for “lawless” — is the state of personal unrest, alienation, and uncertainty that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals.
Example (as used by Julie Just in The New York Times): “Afflicted by anomie, sitting down to another dismal meal or rushing out the door to a meeting, the hapless parents of [young adult] fiction are slightly ridiculous.”
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