survivor syndrome
nounPsychiatry.
a characteristic group of symptoms, including recurrent images of death, depression, persistent anxiety, and emotional numbness, occurring in survivors of disaster.
Origin of survivor syndrome
1First recorded in 1965–70
- Compare survivor guilt.
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