survivor syndrome
noun Psychiatry.
a characteristic group of symptoms, including recurrent images of death, depression, persistent anxiety, and emotional numbness, occurring in survivors of disaster.
Compare
survivor guilt.
Origin of survivor syndrome
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby survivor syndrome
survival value,
survivalist,
survive,
survivor,
survivor guilt,
survivor syndrome,
survivorship,
sus,
sus laws,
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susa