WordNet: 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"

• hypernym guilt, guilt feelings, guilt trip, guilty conscience

• part holonym PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder

survivor guilt

• (suomi) pelastuneen syyllisyys (synonyymi)