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共感性羞恥 (きょうかんせいしゅうち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
secondhand embarrassment ; vicarious embarrassment
A psychological term for the embarrassment felt when observing someone else's awkward or embarrassing behavior. Often used in discussions of empathy and social cognition.
あの スピーチ は 共きょう 感かん 性せい 羞しゅう 恥ち を 誘さそ う 内ない 容よう だっ た 。
That speech was the kind of content that induces vicarious embarrassment.
Kanji 感 emotion, feeling, sensation Similar words 羞しゅう 恥ち 羞恥 is general shame or embarrassment, while 共感性羞恥 specifically refers to embarrassment felt on behalf of someone else.
共きょう 感かん 共感 is empathy or sympathy in a broad sense; 共感性羞恥 is a specific empathic reaction to another's awkwardness.
Etymology Compound of 共感 (kyōkan, 'empathy') + 性 (-sei, '-ness') + 羞恥 (shūchi, 'shame'). The term is a calque of the English psychological concept 'vicarious embarrassment'.
