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mid-life crises

mid-life crises is the plural of mid-life crisis.

Meaning of mid-life crisis

Noun

mid-life crisis (plural mid-life crises)

  1. An emotional period of doubt and anxiety sometimes experienced by middle-aged people who realize that their life is already half over.
    • Though we prefer the word "transition" in naming this period, our view of it owes much to his. The Mid-life Transition may be rather mild. When it involves considerable turmoil and disruption, we speak of a mid-life crisis.1978, Daniel J. Levinson, The Seasons of a Man's Life, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 26

Questions about mid-life crises

What is mid-life crises the plural of?
Mid-life crises is the plural of mid-life crisis.

Words near mid-life crises in the dictionary

  1. Mid-Lent
  2. Mid-Lent Sunday
  3. mid-level
  4. Mid-Levels
  5. mid-life
  6. mid-life crises
  7. mid-life crisis
  8. mid-lifer
  9. mid-lifers
  10. mid-major
  11. mid-majors

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