vicarious embarrassment
nounDefinitions
The uncomfortable sympathetic feeling experienced while watching someone else embarrass…
The uncomfortable sympathetic feeling experienced while watching someone else embarrass themselves.
- It is noted that vicarious embarrassment does not necessarily indicate the presence of an embarrassed other.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for vicarious embarrassment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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