Vicarious embarrassment
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Vicarious embarrassment (also known as secondhand, empathetic, or third party embarrassment) is the feeling of embarrassment from observing the embarrassing actions of another person. Unlike general embarrassment, vicarious embarrassment is not caused by participating in an embarrassing event, but instead it's caused by witnessing (either verbally or visually) another person's experience an embarrassing event. These emotions can be perceived as pro-social, and some say they can be seen as motives for following socially and culturally acceptable behavior.
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See also
- Empathy
- Embarrassment
- Prosocial behavior
- Distress
- Emotional contagion
- Sitcom
- Cringe comedy
- Vicarious
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