anomia
Portuguese, noun/a.noˈmi.ɐ/
anomia is spelled A-N-O-M-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 91,721st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anomia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “anomie (alienation or social instability)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perda da faculdade de contar os objetos e de reconhecer os números”.
What does anomia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanomie (alienation or social instability)
- 2
feminineanomia; nominal aphasia (difficulty recalling nouns)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. perda da faculdade de contar os objetos e de reconhecer os números 2. ausência de lei fixa 3. perda da faculdade de nomear os objetos 4. estado de desorganização social onde as leis são divergentes ou conflitantes, logo desacreditadas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anomia
- anomias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anomia?
- Brazil /a.noˈmi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.nuˈmi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anomia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anomia in Portuguese?
anomia appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).