bystandership

English

Etymology

bystander + -ship

Noun

bystandership (uncountable)

  1. The role of being a bystander, not taking any active part.
    • 2011, Ervin Staub, Overcoming Evil: Genocide, Violent Conflict, and Terrorism, Oxford Universtiy Press (2013), →ISBN (hardcover), →ISBN (paperback), part I, chapter 7, 198:
      For the most part, neither superiors nor fellow guards took action when they saw the abuse. Their passive bystandership allowed the evolution of increasing abuse.
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