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quarter-life crisis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

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7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: crise de la trentaine — emotional period of doubt
  • Galician: crise dos 30 — emotional period of doubt
  • Italian: crisi dei 30 anni — emotional period of doubt
  • Portuguese: crise dos 30 anos — emotional period of doubt
  • Portuguese: crise dos 30 — emotional period of doubt
  • Spanish: crisis de los 30 — emotional period of doubt
  • Spanish: crisis del cuarto de vida — emotional period of doubt