survivor guilt

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Noun survivor guilt has 1 sense

survivor guilt - a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died; "survivor guilt was first noted in those who survived the Holocaust"
--₁ is a kind of guilt, guilty conscience, guilt feelings, guilt trip
--₁ is a part of posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD

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