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vicarious

adjective

vi·​car·​i·​ous vī-ˈker-ē-əs How to pronounce vicarious (audio)
və-
1
: experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
a vicarious thrill
2
a
: serving instead of someone or something else
b
: that has been delegated
vicarious authority
3
: performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to the benefit or advantage of another : substitutionary
a vicarious sacrifice
4
: occurring in an unexpected or abnormal part of the body instead of the usual one
vicarious menstruation manifested by bleeding from the nose
vicariously adverb
vicariousness noun

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Vicarious Has Latin Roots

If you act in someone's stead, you take his or her place, at least temporarily. The oldest meaning of vicarious, which dates to the first half of the 1600s, is "serving instead of someone or something else." The word vicarious derives from the Latin noun vicis, which means "change," "alternation," or "stead." Vicis is also the source of the English prefix vice- (as in "vice president"), meaning "one that takes the place of."

Example Sentences

I am a vicarious eater, often preferring a description of a meal to eating it. I hoard the Wednesday food section of the New York Times, savoring it as my late-night reading, finishing always with the restaurant review. Anne-Marie Slaughter, Commonweal, 14 June 2002 Most people caged in the humdrum routines of modern life are eager for vicarious glimpses of pain, joy, and especially vitality. Robert Jackall et al., Image Makers, 2000 There is an immense sub-middle class with enough money to preserve it from rancorous envy of the rich, but not enough to preserve it from boredom; it needs vicarious compensations and manages to find them in the gossip columns. Aldous Huxley, The Olive Tree, 1937 To give himself the vicarious illusion of companionship, he fell back on letters. Amy Lowell, John Keats, 1925 By means of ferocious jokes … he could vent his hatred of pioneer life and all its conditions, those conditions that were thwarting his creative life; he could, in this vicarious manner, appease the artist in him … Van Wyck Brooks, The Ordeal of Mark Twain, 1920
Recent Examples on the Web On the other, such openness can overwhelm many of us through vicarious trauma, as psychologists Lisa McCann and Laurie Pearlman have noted. Rebecca Rozelle-stone, The Conversation, 6 Sep. 2022 The Game both understand this in their own way, modeling the vicarious pity and guilty delight that comes from watching events unfold in slasher films. Wired, 10 July 2022 There’s a lot of vicarious pleasure to be had in this charming book, and none of the drawbacks of a real day at the beach: The characters apply no sunscreen yet go unburned! Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 27 May 2022 The crypto-bro investor does not evoke vicarious excitement, like a stuntman jumping motorcycles or a daredevil mountaineer, because his antics at the keyboard don’t appear to take much skill. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 18 May 2022 Court records show Lasseter’s daughter, Whitney Hill, is suing Sytch and her fiancé James Pente for negligence and vicarious liability. Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2022 The exhilarating, vicarious rush continued through the last beat of Act III. Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022 Everyone can use the vicarious drama and swooping emotion a truly great romance brings, especially in these dark days. Carole V. Bell, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2022 Research shows that the effect of vicarious grief is strongest when a person identifies with the victims. New York Times, 10 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin vicarius, from vicis change, alternation, stead — more at week

First Known Use

1637, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Time Traveler
The first known use of vicarious was in 1637

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