VICARIOUS


Meaning of VICARIOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vɪkeəriəs, AM vaɪkær- ]

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

She invents fantasy lives for her own vicarious pleasure...

ADJ : ADJ n

• vi‧cari‧ous‧ly

...a father who lived vicariously through his sons’ success.

ADV : usu ADV with v

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