existential crisis

English

Noun

existential crisis (plural existential crises)

1. (existentialism) A state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort about questions of existence.
   • 1963, “The Existential Crisis In Intensive Psychotherapy”, in Psychotherapy‎^[1]:

     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