midlife crisis
Today midlife career changes are the norm.
My partner specializes in mid-life angst.
The mid-life road trip movie is about breaking the rules and breaking free.

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midlife | American Dictionary

midlife
noun[ U ]
us/ˈmɪdˌlɑɪf/
middle age

Examples of midlife

midlife
In summary, biological vulnerability to depressive symptoms and disorders appears to be greater in later life compared to midlife.
Rather, old age among men was highlighted as an extension of midlife.
Indeed, the shape of intergenerational ties may alter decade by decade as new cohorts enter midlife and older cohorts die.
The two books reviewed here attempt, from different perspectives and foci, to summarise the state of contemporary research into midlife.
The quality of midlife is enhanced not by facing the past but by facing the future and not losing one's nerve.
Around midlife the temporal self changes, becoming subjectively aware of a limited future.
Doctors were no more likely to cite health-care system constraints as reasons for non-intervention for older than for midlife patients.
Pubertal growth was also independently associated with midlife grip strength; for men, weight gain during puberty was beneficial, whereas for women it was height gain.
The hydroelectric system has an expected lifespan of 60 years and, in the moderate deforestation scenario, damages are expected to occur at midlife.
In this detailed cultural history of midlife she describes the years 1910-1935 as a significant period in the construction of ' age-related depression ' (1988 : 23).
In early or midlife it is unexpected and the adjustment is especially difficult.
Employment opportunities were almost completely closed in those making midlife career changes, and thus opportunity costs for the employees of major companies were minimal.
However, in early midlife they began to speak out about their parents' unjust trial and executions and began a charitable foundation.
The first describes the rise of a 'cosmopolitan midlife discourse'.
By drawing on midlife resources, such as roles and statuses, the elderly residents constructed a zone in which continuity with the past was symbolically maintained.
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