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identity crisis

 
Dictionary: identity crisis

n.
  1. A psychosocial state or condition of disorientation and role confusion occurring especially in adolescents as a result of conflicting internal and external experiences, pressures, and expectations and often producing acute anxiety.
  2. An analogous state of confusion occurring in a social structure, such as an institution or a corporation.

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n.

A psychosocial state or condition of disorientation and role confusion occurring especially in adolescents as a result of conflicting pressures and expectations and often producing acute anxiety.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about and one's self and one's role in society


 
 

 

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