guilt
emotional experience arising when one believes they have violated personal or universal moral standards and feels responsible for the transgression
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Summary
guilt is a negative emotion[1]. guilt draws 1,836 Wikipedia views per month (negative emotion category, ranking #18 of 34).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: feeling[3]
- Part of: psychological terminology[4]
- Commons category: Guilt (emotion)[5]
- Said to be the same as: guilt[6], remorse[7], fault[8]
- Opposite of: clear conscience[9]
- Has cause: knowledge[10]
- Facet of: conscience[11]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[12]
- Partially coincident with: shame[13], self-blame[14]
- Different from: Guilt[15], guilty[16], shame[17], culpability[18]
- Studied by: psychology[19]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
Why It Matters
guilt has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] guilt is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]