Meanings
plural quarter-life crises
- human sciencesA situation resembling the mid-life crisis but taking place earlier, when roughly a quarter of one's adult life has passed, typically in one's twenties or thirties.
What did you talk about? Books. Musicals. Travels. Joys of spending time with yourself. The three elements needed to start a fire. Quarter life crises …
2026 March 28, “Blind date: ‘It was truly a great first date’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN1 more example
Local indie comedy Everyday Is Like Sunday has a fresh take on quarter-life crises. A scrappy but endearing low-budget feature about a trio of Toronto 20-somethings grappling with romantic woes and career uncertainties, the movie is populated by young people who are confused, conflicted and unfailingly sardonic.
2013 August 15, Jason Anderson, “Everyday is Like Sunday: Local indie comedy about conflicted young people is smart, energetic: Interview”, in Toronto Star
Translations
French crise de la trentaine
- crise de la trentaineemotional period of doubt
Italian crisi dei 30 anni
- crisi dei 30 anniemotional period of doubt
Portuguese crise dos 30 anos, crise dos 30
- crise dos 30 anosemotional period of doubt
- crise dos 30emotional period of doubt
Spanish crisis de los 30, crisis del cuarto de vida
- crisis de los 30emotional period of doubt
- crisis del cuarto de vidaemotional period of doubt
Cite this entry
quarter-life crisis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarter-life%20crisis
“quarter-life crisis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarter-life%20crisis. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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