Example sentences for: anomie

How can you use “anomie” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The accounts in both papers steer pretty clear of sociological explanations--the only reason for the anomie that's discussed seems to be $4 bottles of water and $6 pretzels.

  • Didion's parables about anomie in post-Kennedy-era America have implied that once history is forgotten, identity dissolves and conspiracy--and the suspicion of it--is the only guide.

  • Outrage settled into anomie.

  • In the post-World War II years, urban strife and suburban anomie gave rise to school violence of the sorts broadly rendered by Hollywood in the 1955 films Rebel Without a Cause and Blackboard Jungle . The nation waxed hysterical over "juvenile delinquency," as the vogue phrase had it--alienated adolescents unaccountably sullen in the bountiful Eisenhower years.

  • Ruthless efficiency, compartmentalized schedules, too little autonomy, too much anomie: No wonder parents would rather stay late at the office.


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