Anomie

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Anomie, in contemporary English means the absence of any kind of rule, law, principle or order.

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The word comes from Greek a-: "without", and nomos: "law". This term was used by the Greeks to define anything or anyone who was against the rules or a condition where the present laws were not applied (illegitimacy, unlawfulness). The contemporary English understanding of the word Anomie differs from how the term was originally defined and used by Greeks and tends to become a synonym of the word Αναρχία (see Anarchy). In Greek there is a difference between the word "nomos" (νόμος)(law), and the word "arché" (Αρχή)(starting rule, axiom, principle). For example, majority rule is an "arché" and not a "nomos".

Related Topics:
Greek - Rule - Anarchy - Majority rule

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