existential crisis

English

Noun

existential crisis (plural existential crises)

(existentialism) A state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort about questions of existence.
- 1963, “The Existential Crisis In Intensive Psychotherapy”, in Psychotherapy‎:
  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.

Translations

state of panic

Finnish: eksistentiaalinen kriisi
French: crise existentielle f
German: Existenzkrise f, existenzielle Krise f
Hungarian: egzisztenciális válság, egzisztenciális krízis
Japanese: 実存的危機 (じつぞんてききき, jitsuzon-teki–kiki), 実存の危機 (じつぞんのきき, jitsuzon no kiki)
Polish: kryzys egzystencjalny m
Portuguese: crise existencial f
Spanish: crisis existencial f

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