Associations to the word «Vicarious»
Noun
- Atonement
- Liability
- Infringement
- Tort
- Thrill
- Conditioning
- Trauma
- Suffering
- Reinforcement
- Redemption
- Baptism
- Empathy
- Ds
- Calibration
- Copyright
- Sacrifice
- Efficacy
- Ascension
- Extinction
- Righteousness
- Penance
- Modeling
- Compassion
- Resurrection
- Crucifixion
- Employer
- Caregiver
- Doctrine
- Nitro
- Salvation
- Nintendo
- Plaintiff
- Substitution
- Vision
- Christ
- Sin
- Persuasion
- Wickedness
- Punishment
- Lds
- Rea
- Courtship
- Bliss
- Indulgence
- Defendant
- Ordinance
- Immortality
- Learning
- Mastery
- Fatigue
- Sinner
- Harassment
- Experience
- Behavior
- Anecdote
- Employee
- Satisfaction
- Messiah
- Therapist
- Jesus
- Enjoyment
- Grief
- Homicide
- Trademark
- Racism
- Vicar
- Stimulus
- Mankind
- Pleasure
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
VICARIOUS, adjective. Experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another person, rather than through first-hand experience, such as through watching or reading.
VICARIOUS, adjective. Done on behalf of others
VICARIOUS LIABILITY, noun. The legal responsibility of the superior for the acts of their subordinate.
VICARIOUS PUNISHMENT, noun. (psychology) The punishment of somebody who has committed a certain act, in order to dissuade others from doing the same.
VICARIOUS REINFORCEMENT, noun. (psychology) Reinforcement that occurs when you imitate the behavior of someone who has been reinforced for that behavior, as when avoiding hot water having seen another person burned by it.
Dictionary definition
VICARIOUS, adjective. Experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement".
VICARIOUS, adjective. Occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function; "vicarious menstruation".
VICARIOUS, adjective. Suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another; "vicarious atonement".
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.