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Anarchy vs Anomie - What's the difference?

anarchy | anomie |

As nouns the difference between anarchy and anomie

is that anarchy is the state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body while anomie is alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.

anarchy

English

(wikipedia anarchy)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
  • (uncountable) Anarchism]]; the political theory that a community is best [[organize, organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
  • (countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
  • Confusion in general; disorder.

    • Usage notes

    * (confusion or misunderstanding in general) Anarchists feel it is inappropriate to use anarchy to mean “a state of chaos or confusion”. However, this has historically been a common use of the word. * (English Citations of "anarchy")

    Synonyms

    * see

    Antonyms

    * (all senses) nonanarchy (rare) * (disorder) order

    Derived terms

    * anarchic * anarchical * anarchically * anarchism * anarchist * anarcho- English words suffixed with -archy

    anomie

    English

    (wikipedia anomie)

    Alternative forms

    * anomy

    Noun

  • Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.

    • Derived terms

    * anomic