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mid-life crisis

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables
mid-life cri-sis
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An emotional period of doubt and anxiety sometimes experienced by middle-aged people who realize that their life is already half over.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

mid-life crises (plural) midlife crisis (alternative)

Phrases

quarter-life crisis existential crisis

Frequently Paired Words

quarter-life crisis existential crisis

Questions

What does mid-life crisis mean?
An emotional period of doubt and anxiety sometimes experienced by middle-aged people who realize that their life is already half over.

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