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anomic en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/əˈnɑm.ɪk/ (US)
/əˈnɒm.ɪk/ (UK)
/əˈnoʊ.mɪk/ (US)
/əˈnəʊ.mɪk/ (UK)
Etymology
Related to anomia.
Meanings
Characterized by or pertaining to anomia (the inability to remember names).
When these patients are asked to say aloud the name of an object in a drawing (like a broom), it is common for them to fall into an anomic state in which they cannot recover the name of the object, although they know perfectly well what object is represented in the drawing. 2019, Albert Costa, translated by John W. Schwieter, The Bilingual Brain, Penguin, published 2021, page 35:
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anomic en · ADJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/əˈnɑm.ɪk/ (US)
/əˈnɒm.ɪk/ (UK)
/əˈnoʊ.mɪk/ (US)
/əˈnəʊ.mɪk/ (UK)
Etymology
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English anomie
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English anomic
From anomie + -ic.
Meanings
Socially disorganized, disoriented or alienated.
Anglo-Indians (Eurasians) ceased to be counted as a separate category although we know from other evidence that many of that community, beleaguered and anomic as they often felt themselves to be, remained in railroad service (Bear, 2007). 2012 August 3, John Hurd, Ian J. Kerr, India’s Railway History: A Research Handbook (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section Two: South Asia; 27), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 22: