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identity crisis
noun
- a period or episode of psychological distress, often occurring in adolescence but sometimes in adulthood, when a person seeks a clearer sense of self and an acceptable role in society.
- confusion as to goals and priorities:
The company is undergoing an identity crisis.
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Origin of identity crisis1
Example Sentences
The Hindustan Times newspaper called it a film grappling with "an identity crisis, an overlong run time and a confused mess of a script".
I really have spent a lot of time thinking about people who are child-free, people who become moms, the way that you feel invisible afterward, the identity crisis — all of that.
For such brands, an absence of hope can result in an identity crisis.
"But in that act of kindness, in that process of trying to help a crisis, we created another identity crisis," he continued.
The constant scrutiny, lack of privacy, identity crisis and addiction can all bring a heightened struggle with anxiety, paranoia and depression, the Psychological Care Institute found.
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