existential crisis

collocation in English

meaningsofexistentialandcrisis

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existential
adjective
uk
/ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl/us
/ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl/
relating to a philosophy (= system of ideas) according to which the world has no meaning and each person is alone and completely responsible for his or her ...
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crisis
noun
uk
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/us
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, ...
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(Definition ofexistentialandcrisisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The diagnosis of an incurable disease implies anexistentialcrisis.
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If a system can lose its own cronies in this way, it is in the midst of anexistentialcrisis.
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Some express concern about spiritual values and others experience anexistentialcrisisof faith and worry whether it will sustain them throughout the experience of dying.
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After an adolescence spent loving theater, music, literature, and after a strongexistentialcrisis, she began to gain awareness of being called to religious life.
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Existentialcrisishas indeed been seen as the inevitable accompaniment of modernism (c.1890-1945 and beyond).
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It is about a failed novelist turned sportswriter who undergoes anexistentialcrisisfollowing the death of his son.
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In 1943, due to anexistentialcrisis, he left science for good to become a full-time writer and painter.
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It is bad enough to trigger anexistentialcrisisin the heartiest of movie-lovers.
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Later on she begins to lose her sanity from having to deal daily with theexistentialcrisis.
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He never imagined it would come with anexistentialcrisis.
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Sometimes, anexistentialcrisisstems from a person's new perception of life and existence.
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Her folk poetry based poems present a new expression ofexistentialcrisisof modern man.
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Anexistentialcrisismay resemble anomie (a personal condition resulting from a lack of norms) or a midlife crisis.
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It is a novel dealing with the very personal alienation andexistentialcrisisexperienced by a foreigner in a strange land.
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The tragic triad refers to three experiences which often lead toexistentialcrisis, namely, guilt, suffering or death.
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It is implied that his experiences have led to anexistentialcrisisand loss of identity.
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It's a character study of a man whoseexistentialcrisisends only with his deatha death gone largely unspecified, the glamor and tragedy washed over with a doomed resignation.
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If developmental forces are strong enough, ultimately, the person is thrust into anexistentialcrisis: one's social rationales no longer account for one's experiences and there are no alternative explanations.
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These life meanings are analyzed using logotherapy's existential analysis with the intent of assisting the patient overcome theirexistentialcrisisby discovering meaning or purpose in the experience.
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These words were chosen as they vaguely suggest some sort ofexistentialcrisisand for the lack of any published literature referencing them as psychotic symptoms.
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