In the world of sociology, discordance between the standards held by an individual or a group and that of the society within which they exist is sometimes called "anomie." This term has meant somewhat different things to different people, and part of that definitional fluffiness is the consequence of the term's migration from Greek into French into English.
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In the world of sociology, discordance between the standards held by an individual or a group and that of the society within which they exist is sometimes called "anomie." This term has meant somewhat different things to different people, and part of that definitional fluffiness is the consequence of the term's migration from Greek into French into English.