📖 Definitions of "Vicarious"
adjective
- 1
Delegated.
- 2
Experienced or gained by taking in another person’s experience, rather than through first-hand experience, such as through watching or reading.
"People experience vicarious pleasures through watching television."
- 3
On behalf of others.
"The concept of vicarious atonement, that one person can atone for the sins of another, is found in many religions."
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