Definition of "anomic" [anomic]

• Socially disorganized, disoriented or alienated (adjective)

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• "As a convinced Bible-believing Christian I have no problem with recognising that everyone is inherently religious and that without some overarching world-view would slump into what sociologist, Peter Berger calls 'anomic collapse'."
• "These have much in common; they are guides to effective living in our chaotic, anomic society."
• "But when mega developers began transforming Jersey City's post-industrial waterfront into a real estate "Gold Coast" in the '80s, area pols turned anomic."