English Explanatory Dictionary

mid-life crisis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An emotional period of doubt and anxiety sometimes experienced by middle-aged people who realize that their life is already half over.

Word forms

mid-life crisis mid-life crises midlife crisis

Related words

quarter-life crisis existential crisis
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