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existential crises

existential crises is the plural of existential crisis.

Meaning of existential crisis

Noun

existential crisis (plural existential crises)

  1. A state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort about questions of existence.
    • 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.1963, “The Existential Crisis In Intensive Psychotherapy”, in Psychotherapy

Questions about existential crises

What is existential crises the plural of?
Existential crises is the plural of existential crisis.

Words near existential crises in the dictionary

  1. existences
  2. existencies
  3. existency
  4. existent
  5. existential
  6. existential crises
  7. existential crisis
  8. existential instantiation
  9. existential instantiations
  10. existential nihilism
  11. existential quantifier

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