Meanings
nounexistential crisis (plural existential crises)
plural existential crises
- existentialismA state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort about questions of existence.
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.
1963, “The Existential Crisis In Intensive Psychotherapy”, in Psychotherapy
Translations
Finnish eksistentiaalinen kriisi
- eksistentiaalinen kriisistate of panic
French crise existentielle
- crise existentiellestate of panic
German Existenzkrise, existenzielle Krise
- Existenzkrisestate of panic
- existenzielle Krisestate of panic
Hungarian egzisztenciális válság, egzisztenciális krízis
- egzisztenciális válságstate of panic
- egzisztenciális krízisstate of panic
Japanese 実存的危機, 実存の危機
- 実存的危機state of panic
- 実存の危機 (jitsuzon no kiki)state of panic
Polish kryzys egzystencjalny
- kryzys egzystencjalnystate of panic
Portuguese crise existencial
- crise existencialstate of panic
Spanish crisis existencial
- crisis existencialstate of panic
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APA
existential crisis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/existential%20crisis
MLA
“existential crisis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/existential%20crisis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “existential crisis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/existential%20crisis.
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