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midlife crisis

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midlife crisis
n.
A period of psychological doubt and anxiety that some people experience in middle age.

midlife crisis [ˈmɪdˌlaɪf]
n
(Psychiatry) a crisis that may be experienced in middle age involving frustration, panic, and feelings of pointlessness, sometimes resulting in radical and often ill-advised changes of lifestyle


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