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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.
Word History and Origins
Origin of identity crisis1
Example Sentences
As we’ve written before, both parties are going through an identity crisis, and nowhere is that more on display than in Ohio.
I was going through an identity crisis and asking myself how I can find happiness, where is the happiness if I don’t have this sport.
In particular, after the closure of the frontier in the 1870s, Indigenous imagery helped Americans solve an identity crisis.
Like anyone going through an identity crisis, Michigan football has had to make some changes.
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When I was a teenager it was all about teenagers having an 'identity crisis.'
Not yet 10 years on the market, e-cigarettes are having an identity crisis.
The show suffered from an identity crisis—was it a workplace sitcom, a romantic comedy, or a hybrid of both?
This time around, a major Republican identity crisis appears to be one of them.
Elections have consequences, and this time, an identity crisis seems to be one of them.
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