Meaning Of The Word Vicarious

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What's The Definition Of Vicarious?

vicarious
A vicarious pleasure or feeling is experienced by watching, listening to, or reading about other people doing something, rather than by doing it yourself.

vicarious in American English
taking the place of another thing or person; substitute; deputy
adjective: performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another

vicarious in British English
adjective: obtained or undergone at second hand through sympathetic participation in another's experiences

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