Noun
existential crisis (plural existential crises)
(existentialism) A state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort about questions of existence.
I'm trying to use the language of today to express a general existential crisis that I think the world and I are going through. Sean Lennon
I always had an interest in the story of everything. A little bit of an existential crisis always helps when you're looking for a sea change. If I know anything, it's that I never learned anything while I was talking. Robert Downey Jr.
Peoples of European descent are not only in a relative but a real decline. They are aging, dying, disappearing. This is the existential crisis of the West. Pat Buchanan
I think that half of us feel fraudulent in our lives anyway. There's that strange disconnect of not really knowing what we're doing sometimes, or why it matters. It's our existential crisis. Carrie Brownstein
About every year or two, there is a moment of truth where there's some new development in the marketplace, some new technology, some sort of existential crisis. You just have to be vigilant about looking out for those moments. Jeremy Stoppelman
I think living in our culture right now, there's a universal experience where we feel like we become what we do. Sometimes that's rewarding and sometimes that creates an existential crisis. Mike White