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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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Origin of identity crisis

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby identity crisis

identifier, identify, Identi-Kit, identity, identity card, identity crisis, identity disorder, identity element, identity function, identity matrix, identity politics

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Now the company named after the folktale—the decacorn stock trading app Robinhood—is at the center of an identity crisis as critics accuse the company of giving up their populist roots in favor of hyper-growth.
The problem with VC-backed founders who say they don’t care about getting rich|Lucinda Shen|December 3, 2020|Fortune
The Ravens now find themselves outside the playoff picture at 6-4 and suffering an identity crisis.
What to know from NFL Week 11: Carson Wentz looks lost, and Taysom Hill is just getting started|Adam Kilgore|November 23, 2020|Washington Post
But he, like many people using dating apps whatever their sexual identity, remains stoutly positive.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What is known is that Peña Nieto bungled his response to the crisis.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

They are not the actual traffickers, Yazbek says, so generally the other refugees protect their identity.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But those strands of his identity are all wound around the conspiracy that led him back to Gambia for the first time in 23 years.
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country|Jacob Siegel|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Identity issues seem to have dogged Otis since his troubles began.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Then Paterno adroitly brought matters to a crisis in a bold peroration which changed the whole scene.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The Afghan was true to his salt, and their own retainers, who had come with them from Lucknow, remained steadfast at this crisis.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Mamma had left the drawing-room, and I was sitting alone; I immediately saw that we had reached a crisis.
Confidence|Henry James
With the end of the moratorium on November 4, it may be said that the crisis produced by the outbreak of war was over.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Lombard Street has thus shown that it has fully learnt the only lesson that the external side of the crisis had to teach it.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips

Medical definitions for identity crisis

identity crisis

n.

A psychosocial state or condition of disorientation and role confusion occurring especially in adolescents as a result of conflicting pressures and expectations and often producing acute anxiety.

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