vicarious embarrassment
Noun
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Noun
vicarious embarrassment
- The uncomfortable sympathetic feeling experienced while watching someone else embarrass themselves.
- German: Fremdscham, Fremdschämen
- Portuguese: vergonha alheia
- Russian: испанский стыд
- Spanish: vergüenza ajena, alipori (colloquial)
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