identity crisis
identity crisis · identity crises
Identitätskrise
A crisis of personal identityA crisis of personal identity.
» Algeria is undergoing an identity crisis.
Meaning
1 sensesA crisis of personal identity.
Identitätskrise
More definitions
- distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one's role in society
Examples
7 sentencesAlgeria is undergoing an identity crisis.
Sami was going through an identity crisis.
Ziri grew out of his gender identity crisis when he went through puberty.
I love having identity crises.
There is an identity crisis in Algeria.
Translations
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By meaning 1
crisis of personal identity:
Origin
Coined by German psychologist Erik Erikson.Coined by German psychologist Erik Erikson.
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Forms
plural: identity crises| Singular | identity crisis |
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