Introductory Sociology CLEP Prep Practice Exam

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Who coined the term 'anomie'?

Robert K. Merton

George Herbert Mead

Emil Durkheim

Emil Durkheim coined the term 'anomie'. While Georges Herber Mead and Robert K. Merton were both known for their contributions to sociology, neither of them coined the term 'anomie'. Karl Marx primarily focused on issues of material and economic inequality, rather than social and moral order, which is what anomie refers to.

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