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1. : experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another. a vicarious thrill. 2. a. : serving instead of someone or something else. b. : that has been delegated. vicarious authority.
experienced as a result of watching, listening to, or reading about the activities of other people, rather than by doing the activities yourself: She took vicarious pleasure in her friend's achievements. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Replacing and exchanging. alternate. alternatively. bargain something away. behalf. change over.
Vicarious definition: performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another. See examples of VICARIOUS used in a sentence.
experienced as a result of watching, listening to, or reading about the activities of other people, rather than by doing the activities yourself: She took vicarious pleasure in her friend's achievements. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Replacing and exchanging. alternate. alternatively. analog. bargain something away. behalf.
If something is vicarious, it delivers a feeling or experience from someone else. If your child becomes a big star, you might have a vicarious experience of celebrity.
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4 days ago · A vicarious pleasure or feeling is experienced by watching, listening to, or reading about other people doing something, rather than by doing it yourself. She invents fantasy lives for her own vicarious pleasure.
