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vi·car·i·ous

 (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.
[From Latin vicārius; see vicar.]
vi·car′i·ous·ly adv.
vi·car′i·ous·ness n.
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vicarious

(vɪˈkɛərɪəs; vaɪ-)
adj
1. obtained or undergone at second hand through sympathetic participation in another's experiences
2. suffered, undergone, or done as the substitute for another: vicarious punishment.
3. delegated: vicarious authority.
4. taking the place of another
5. (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
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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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.vicarious - experienced at secondhandvicarious - 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 techniques
abnormal, 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
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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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Translations
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vicarious

[vɪˈkɛərɪəs] ADJ (= indirect) → indirecto; [substitute] → por referencias
to get vicarious pleasure out of sth → disfrutar indirectamente de algo
I got a vicarious thrill → me emocioné mucho sin tener nada que ver con lo que pasaba
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

vicarious

[vɪˈkɛəriəs vaɪˈkɛəriəs] adj [pleasure, experience] → par procuration
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

vicarious

adj
pleasure, enjoyment → indirekt, mittelbar, nachempfunden; experience → ersatzweise; vicarious sexual thrill → Ersatzbefriedigung f; he can’t walk himself but he gets enormous vicarious pleasure from watching athletics → er kann nicht gehen, aber das Zuschauen bei sportlichen Wettkämpfen vermittelt ihm einen großen Genuss; to get a vicarious thrill from or out of something → sich an etw (dat) → aufgeilen (sl); to get vicarious satisfaction (from something) → (bei etw) eine Ersatzbefriedigung empfinden
authority, suffering → stellvertretend
(form) liability, responsibility → für fremdes Verschulden
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vicarious

[vɪˈkɛərɪəs] adj to get vicarious pleasure out of sth → trarre piacere indirettamente da qc
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vi·car·i·ous

a. vicario-a, que asume el lugar de otro.
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