共きょう感かん性せい羞しゅう恥ち

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.

• 共きょう感かん性せい羞しゅう恥ちを感かんじやすい人ひとは、他た人にんの失しっ敗ぱいを見みるのが苦にが手てだ。

  People who are prone to secondhand embarrassment have a hard time watching others fail.

• 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.