existential crisis

English

Noun

existential crisis (plural existential crises)

  1. (existentialism) A state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort about questions of existence.
    • 1963, “The Existential Crisis In Intensive Psychotherapy”, in Psychotherapy‎[1]:
      The existential crisis is, however, a crisis of our existence, our whole being. When we do find ourselves at that crossroad, everything we have and everything we are is on the scales.

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