"mid-life crisis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mid-life crises [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|mid-life crises|head=mid-life crisis}} mid-life crisis (plural mid-life crises)
  1. (psychology) An emotional period of doubt and anxiety sometimes experienced by middle-aged people who realize that their life is already half over. Wikipedia link: midlife crisis Categories (topical): Psychology Synonyms: midlife crisis Related terms: quarter-life crisis, existential crisis Translations (emotional period of doubt): 結構性中年危機 /结构性中年危机 (jiégòuxìng zhōngnián wēijī) (Chinese Mandarin), 中年危機 /中年危机 (zhōngnián wēijī) (Chinese Mandarin), krize středního věku [feminine] (Czech), midtlivskrise [common-gender] (Danish), midlifecrisis [feminine] (Dutch), keski-iän kriisi (Finnish), crise de la quarantaine [feminine] (French), Midlife-Crisis [feminine] (German), Midlifekrise [feminine] (German), kapuzárási pánik (Hungarian), ミドルエイジクライシス (midoru-eiji kuraishisu) (Japanese), midtlivskrise [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), midtlivskrise [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kryzys wieku średniego [masculine] (Polish), crise da meia-idade [feminine] (Portuguese), кри́зис сре́днего во́зраста (krízis srédnevo vózrasta) [masculine] (Russian), crisis de la mediana edad [feminine] (Spanish), crisis de los 40 [feminine] (Spanish), crisis de los 50 [feminine] (Spanish), medelålderskris [common-gender] (Swedish), orta yaş krizi (Turkish), orta yaş bunalımı (Turkish)

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