IDENTITY CRISIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("identity crisis" is a kind of...):

mental condition; mental state; psychological condition; psychological state ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic)

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