mid-life crisis

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mid-life crisis

noun mid-life crises · midlife crisis

  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.

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noun emotional period of doubt

Españolcrisis de la mediana edad, crisis de los 40, crisis de los 50
日本語ミドルエイジクライシス midoru-eiji kuraishisu
中文結構性中年危機 /结构性中年危机 jiégòuxìng zhōngnián wēijī, 中年危機 /中年危机 zhōngnián wēijī
Portuguêscrise da meia-idade
Françaiscrise de la quarantaine
DeutschMidlife-Crisis, Midlifekrise
Русскийкри́зис сре́днего во́зраста krízis srédnevo vózrasta

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@misc{mid_life_crisis_2026,
  title = {mid-life crisis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mid-life%20crisis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}