anomie

is a kind of homelessness felt in times of rapid social change when normal rules, habits, and beliefs no longer hold and alternatives have yet to arise.

A state of 'normlessness.' Typically, the condition exist in times of rapid social change, when existing rules, habits, and beliefs no longer hold and alternatives have yet to arise. Durkheim coined the term to describe a type of suicide that he associated with the loss of a particular way of life.' (net)

is a state of social disorganization brought on by the lack of (or insufficiency of) social and moral rules regulating activity between persons and groups.

State of social disorganization brought on by the lack of, or insufficiency of,social and moral rules regulating activity between persons and groups. (net). Anomie is 'normlessness', or the losing of norms

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