identity crisis
a period or episode of psychological distress, often occurring in adolescence but sometimes in adulthood, when a person seeks a clearer sense of self and an acceptable role in society.
confusion as to goals and priorities: The company is undergoing an identity crisis.
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How to use identity crisis in a sentence
As we’ve written before, both parties are going through an identity crisis, and nowhere is that more on display than in Ohio.
I was going through an identity crisis and asking myself how I can find happiness, where is the happiness if I don’t have this sport.
In particular, after the closure of the frontier in the 1870s, Indigenous imagery helped Americans solve an identity crisis.
Some representations of Native Americans erase their history | Hayley Negrin | May 21, 2021 | Washington PostLike anyone going through an identity crisis, Michigan football has had to make some changes.
Can New Coaches — And A New Vision — Fix Michigan’s Defense? | Richard Johnson | April 8, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThe post Connected TV faces its own identity crisis with the IP address’s future in doubt appeared first on Digiday.
Connected TV faces its own identity crisis with the IP address’s future in doubt | Tim Peterson | March 31, 2021 | Digiday
When I was a teenager it was all about teenagers having an 'identity crisis.'
Kim Gordon: Going Solo After Sonic Youth, and Why She Identifies With ‘Girls’ | Andrew Romano | April 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNot yet 10 years on the market, e-cigarettes are having an identity crisis.
E-Cigarettes, Facing Ban, Still Figuring Out What They Want to Be | Alex Halperin | December 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe show suffered from an identity crisis—was it a workplace sitcom, a romantic comedy, or a hybrid of both?
Mindy Kaling on How ‘The Mindy Project’ Became Legitimately Great | Kevin Fallon | September 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis time around, a major Republican identity crisis appears to be one of them.
Elections have consequences, and this time, an identity crisis seems to be one of them.
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