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/əˈnɒm.ɪk/ · adjective
(neurology) 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.
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).
Use anomic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Anomic means (neurology) Characterized by or pertaining to anomia (the inability to remember names)..
Common synonyms include disoriented, alienated, unoriented.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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