also  an*o*my  n :  social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values : also  :  personal unrest, alienation, and anxiety that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  anaemia  ane·mia  an·i·ma  ano·mia 
 
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