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Anomie vs Ataxia - What's the difference?

anomie | ataxia |

As nouns the difference between anomie and ataxia

is that anomie is alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values while ataxia is (pathology) lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability.

anomie

English

(wikipedia anomie)

Alternative forms

* anomy

Noun

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

    • Derived terms

    * anomic

    ataxia

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia ataxia)
  • (pathology) Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability.
  • (chemistry) The condition of a polymer in which the orientation of the subunits is random
  • (obsolete) Disorder; irregularity.
    • (Bishop Hall)

    Synonyms

    * ataxy * dystaxia

    Derived terms

    * ataxic