Identity Crisis

  

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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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Identity Crisis

DomainDefinitions

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

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Movie/TV Titles

Identity Crisis (1989)

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Commercial Usage: Identity Crisis

DomainTitle

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

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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)

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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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Alternative Orthography: Identity Crisis


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 64 65 6E 74 69 74 79      43 72 69 73 69 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01100100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101001 01110100 01111001 00100000 01000011 01110010 01101001 01110011 01101001 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#100 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#105 &#116 &#121 &#32 &#67 &#114 &#105 &#115 &#105 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 0064 0065 006E 0074 0069 0074 0079      0043 0072 0069 0073 0069 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

43707180867586912378475857585

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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