identity crisis
noun
1
: personal psychosocial conflict especially in adolescence that involves confusion about one's social role and often a sense of loss of continuity to one's personality
2
: a state of confusion in an institution or organization regarding its nature or direction
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He is suffering from an identity crisis.
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On paper, that sounds like an identity crisis — something that should never work.
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Aj Thomas, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
In their last three away games — or in two and a half of them at least — Nottingham Forest have suffered an identity crisis.
—Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
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This novel is about a young teen-ager, Alva, who’s having an identity crisis.
—The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
And in the process, he’s further divided his opposition, as the Democrats undergo an identity crisis that ramped up after Kamala Harris’s loss.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 4 Feb. 2025
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Aj Thomas, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
In their last three away games — or in two and a half of them at least — Nottingham Forest have suffered an identity crisis.
—Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure Amazon | Bookshop
This novel is about a young teen-ager, Alva, who’s having an identity crisis.
—The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
And in the process, he’s further divided his opposition, as the Democrats undergo an identity crisis that ramped up after Kamala Harris’s loss.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 4 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for identity crisis
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“Identity crisis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/identity%20crisis. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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