vicarious

adj.

1. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another: read about mountain climbing and experienced vicarious thrills.
2. Endured or done by one person substituting for another: vicarious punishment.
3. 1. Acting or serving in place of someone or something else; substituted.
   2. 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.]

vicariously vi·car'i·ous·ly adv.
vicariousness vi·car'i·ous·ness n.

(vī-kâr'ē-əs, -kăr'-, vĭ-)
adj.

1. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another.
2. Occurring in or performed by a part of the body not normally associated with a certain function.

IN BRIEF: Felt as if one were taking part in what is happening to another.

As we watched the slide show, we had the vicarious sensation of having actually gone on the trip.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: experienced at secondhand

Meaning #2: (medicine) occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function

Meaning #3: suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stedfortrædende, på andres vegne

Nederlands (Dutch)
plaatsvervangend, gedelegeerd, inlevend beleefd, niet in het normale orgaan gebeurend

Français (French)
adj. - indirect, délégué, (Jur) du fait d'autrui

Deutsch (German)
adj. - stellvertretend, nachempfunden

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (εξουσία) δοτή, υποκατάστατος, (μτφ.) έμμεσος

Italiano (Italian)
vicario

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - vicário

Русский (Russian)
замещающий кого-л., действующий во благо других, викарный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - delegado, sustituto, indirecto, hecho por otro

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ställföreträdande, befullmäktigad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
代理的, 替身的, 担任代理的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 代理的, 替身的, 擔任代理的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 대리직의, 대신의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 代理職の, 身代わりの, 代理の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مفوض, بالنيابه عن, وكيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נחווה בדמיון באמצעות אדם אחר, פועל או נעשה למען אחרים, עקיף, ייצוגי‬

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