Identity Crisis

Definition: Identity Crisis

Identity Crisis

Noun

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

Specialty Definitions: Identity Crisis

Domain	Definitions
Health	Chaotic concept of self wherein one's role in life appears to be an insoluble dilemma often expressed by isolation, withdrawal, rebellion and extremism. (references)
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Modern Usage: Identity Crisis

Commercial Usage: Identity Crisis

Domain	Title
Books	Honey in the carcass of the lion : Christians with an identity crisis (reference) Black Youth, Rastafarianism, and the Identity Crisis in Britain (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Identity Crisis (reference) Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 92: Identity Crisis (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Identity Crisis (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: Identity Crisis

Language		Translations for "identity crisis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		identitetskrise. (various references)

Dutch		identiteitscrisis. (various references)

French		crise d'identité. (various references)

German		Identitätskrise. (various references)

Greek		κρίση ταυτότητας. (various references)

Pig Latin		identityay isiscray.(various references)

Portuguese		crise de identidade. (various references)

Spanish		crisis de identidad. (various references)

Swedish		identitetskris. (various references)

Turkish		kimlik problemi, kişilik problemi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Identity Crisis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-i-i-i-n-r-s-s-t-t-y"
	-4 letters: cystitides, distincter, interdicts, syncretist.
	-5 letters: centrists, cytidines, dentistry, dirtiness, disinters, districts, indicters, intercity, interdict, reindicts, retinitis, scientist, sincerity, stridency, trinities.
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