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quarter-life crises

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

Meaning of quarter-life crisis

Noun

quarter-life crisis (plural quarter-life crises)

  1. A situation resembling the mid-life crisis but taking place earlier, when roughly a quarter of one's adult life has passed, typically in one's twenties or thirties.
    • Local indie comedy Everyday Is Like Sunday has a fresh take on quarter-life crises. A scrappy but endearing low-budget feature about a trio of Toronto 20-somethings grappling with romantic woes and career uncertainties, the movie is populated by young people who are confused, conflicted and...2013 August 15, Jason Anderson, “Everyday is Like Sunday: Local indie comedy about conflicted young people is smart, energetic: Interview”, in Toronto Star

Questions about quarter-life crises

What is quarter-life crises the plural of?
Quarter-life crises is the plural of quarter-life crisis.

Words near quarter-life crises in the dictionary

  1. quarter-hour
  2. quarter-hourly
  3. quarter-hours
  4. quarter-ill
  5. quarter-jack
  6. quarter-life crises
  7. quarter-life crisis
  8. quarter-master
  9. quarter-masters
  10. quarter-mile
  11. quarter-miler

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