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midlife

midlife

31 3.5
The middle part of the life of a person, thing, or group
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪdˌlaɪf/
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  • So what if midlife is not a crisis?
  • midlife crisis
  • midlife anxiety
  • midlife changes

It's actually a disease of midlife with symptoms that start in old age.

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Examples

  • These are some things that tend to happen in midlife crises.

  • I think I'm having a midlife crisis, maybe.

  • The first thing I would say, and I would have said to myself is that welcome to midlife for sure.

  • Last night I considered that I might be having a midlife crisis.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Am I sensing a little midlife crisis here?

  • Maybe he's having a midlife crisis.

  • a depressed man who's in the middle of a midlife crisis,

  • So that's sort of shifting from a model of late stage sick care to a model of midlife health care.

  • It's about a physicist who's going through a midlife crisis.

  • Many people reflect on their goals and ambitions during midlife to find greater fulfillment.

Synonyms

middle age
vsmidlife
10 2.2

A period of life between about 40 and 60 years old

applies to people objects and organizations not only to human life

Antonyms

1.0

The end of a living thing's life

1.0

Something that is at the first stage of a process

How Old

old age
109 2.0
midlife
31 3.5
adulthood
61 3.1
adolescence
60 3.9
childhood
687 1.0

Surface Forms

midlife singular
midlives plural

Morphology

midlife = life (transparent) = mid + life

The noun is a straightforward formation from 'mid-' + 'life', denoting the middle period of existence; learners can infer this from the components.

Etymology

The word midlife is made from mid- 'middle' and life. So as a noun it means the middle time in a person's life or the middle part of something like a car or a company.