"identity crisis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: identity crises [plural]
Etymology: Coined by German psychologist Erik Erikson. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Erik Erikson|in=|nat=German|occ=psychologist}} Coined by German psychologist Erik Erikson Head templates: {{en-noun|identity crises}} identity crisis (plural identity crises)
  1. (psychology) A crisis of personal identity. Wikipedia link: Identity crisis (psychology) Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (crisis of personal identity): kimlik böhranı (Azerbaijani), krize identity [feminine] (Czech), identiteettikriisi (Finnish), crise identitaire [feminine] (French), crise d’identité [feminine] (French), Identitätskrise [feminine] (German), krisis identitas (Indonesian), kryzys tożsamości [masculine] (Polish), identitetskris [common-gender] (Swedish), khủng hoảng bản sắc (Vietnamese), khủng hoảng danh tính (Vietnamese)

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