bystandership

English

Etymology

From 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.