identity crisis

1. 1.

   distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one's role in society

   Broaderpsychological state

Questions about identity crisis

What does identity crisis mean?

identity crisis means "distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one's role in society".

Is identity crisis a common word?

identity crisis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.