bystanding
nounEtymology From by + standing.
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The state of being a bystander.
- The woes of the world call forth the loudest outcries from the bystanders. Bystanding is not the closest possible adjustment to the universe.1932, Francis John McConnell, Aids to Christian Belief, New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Oh.; Chicago, Ill.: The Abingdon Press, page 108:
- Adults love to talk about the importance of bystanders in stopping social cruelty. But bystanding is really complicated, and when we encourage our children to do it we rarely think about whether we're willing and able to do it ourselves.2013, Rosalind Wiseman, Masterminds & Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World, New York, N.Y.: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 201:
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- Bystanding is not confined to one-off incidents: whole populations stand by while others suffer or are persecuted.2015, Stephen Fineman, The Blame Business: The Uses and Misuses of Accountability, London: Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 26: