crossroads

Noun
  1. A community of people smaller than a village (synset 108243899)
    is a type of: community - a group of people living in a particular local area
    same as: hamlet
  2. A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made (synset 114056667)
    "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point"
    is a type of: crisis - an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
    subtypes: criticality - a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining
    same as: critical point, juncture
  3. A point where a choice must be made (synset 105772610)
    "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology"
    is a type of: convergence, intersection, overlap - a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena

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