vicarious

vi·car·i·ous

V0085600 (vī-kâr′ē-əs, vĭ-)adj.1. Experienced or felt by empathy with or imaginary participation in the life of another person: read about mountain climbing and experienced vicarious thrills.2. Endured or done by one person substituting for another: vicarious punishment.3. Committed or entrusted to another, as powers or authority; delegated.4. Physiology Occurring in or performed by a part of the body not normally associated with a certain function.

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[From Latin vicārius; see vicar.]

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vi·car′i·ous·ly adv.vi·car′i·ous·ness n.

vicarious

(vɪˈkɛərɪəs; vaɪ-) adj1. obtained or undergone at second hand through sympathetic participation in another's experiences2. suffered, undergone, or done as the substitute for another: vicarious punishment. 3. delegated: vicarious authority. 4. taking the place of another5. (Pathology) pathol (of menstrual bleeding) occurring at an abnormal site. See endometriosis[C17: from Latin vicārius substituted, from vicis interchange; see vice³, vicissitude] viˈcariously adv viˈcariousness n

vi•car•i•ous

(vaɪˈkɛər i əs, vɪ-)

adj. 1. performed, received, or suffered in place of another. 2. taking the place of another person or thing. 3. felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others: a vicarious thrill. 4. Physiol. noting or pertaining to a situation in which one organ performs part of the functions normally performed by another. [1630–40; < Latin vicārius derivative of vic(is) alternation (see vice³)] vi•car′i•ous•ly, adv. vi•car′i•ous•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	vicarious - experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement"secondary - being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"
	2.	vicarious - occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function; "vicarious menstruation"medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniquesabnormal, unnatural - not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food"
	3.	vicarious - suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another; "vicarious atonement"exchangeable - suitable to be exchanged

vicarious

adjective indirect, substitute, surrogate, by proxy, empathetic, at one remove people who use television as a vicarious form of social life

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