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Vicarious

//vɪˈkɛəɹi.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Delegated. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Experienced or gained by taking in another person’s experience rather than through first-hand experience, such as through watching or reading. not-comparable

    "People experience vicarious pleasures through watching television."

  3. 3
    On behalf of others. not-comparable

    "The concept of vicarious atonement, that one person can atone for the sins of another, is found in many religions."

Adjective
  1. 1
    suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another wordnet
  2. 2
    occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function wordnet
  3. 3
    experienced at secondhand wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substituted”), 17th century.

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