Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun survivor_guilt

1 sense of survivor guilt

Sense 1
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")
       => guilt, guilty conscience, guilt feelings, guilt trip -- (remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense)