identity crisis

Noun

Meaning

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

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Synonyms

depersonalization self-distrust lack of confidence dissociative state fragmentation of personality lack of sense of self self-depreciation confused identity identity loss loss of identity disconnection from self crisis of identity autocriticism identity confusion disintegration of personality

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Antonyms

confidence self-confidence self-reliance self-awareness self-worth self-regard

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Hypernyms

mental condition mental state psychological condition psychological state

Examples

Still, for the first time in our lives, we would have been through exactly the same experience, from exactly the same point of view -- even if the experience was only spending eight hours locked in separate rooms, and the point of view was that of a genderless robot with an identity crisis. Greg Egan

Women's liberation and the male midlife crisis were the same search--for personal fulfillment, common values, mutual respect, love. But while women's liberation was thought of as promoting identity, the male midlife crisis was thought of as an identity crisis. Warren Farrell

Becoming an entrepreneur was the furthest thing from my mind. I actually had an identity crisis when I realized I had become one. Anne Taintor

The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are. Christopher Eccleston

Empowering those moderate and reforming voices who speak for the vast majority of Muslims that want to reclaim their religion. And addressing the identity crisis that some young people feel by bringing our communities together and extending opportunity to all. David Cameron

Materialism is an identity crisis. Bryant H. McGill

Close letter words and terms

identity check point identity confusion identity crises identity death identity development identity disc