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n. - Lack of moral standards in a society; Personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation.

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  • But water scarcity sure causes dislocation, ethnic tension, impoverishment, social anomy, and a host of other ills.
  • ” The question is whether anomy is the demise of old standards, values, purpose or ideals, the labor pains of new ones, or both.
  • Conversely, they tend to develop a state of anomy, callousness, apathy, contempt and disregard in relation to the welfare of others when it is not in one's own interest...
  • Apathy and anomy replace ideology, and only wish for change and personal freedom remain. 70% of Iranian population is now below 30, moral corruption is rampant, and...
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