identity crisisnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/aɪˈden.tɪ.ti ˌkraɪ.sɪs/us/aɪˈden.t̬ə.t̬i ˌkraɪ.sɪs/a feeling of being uncertain about who or what you are:
For some people, becoming a parent can bring on an identity crisis.
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Mind and personality
- (a) penny for your thoughts idiom
- -minded
- alter ego
- beauty
- beauty is only skin deep idiom
- better nature
- character
- cognitive
- ego
- inwardly
- mental
- mental age
- mentality
- penny
- quality
- quirk
- rational
- self
- spirit
- unconscious
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