- adjective
-
- felt or experienced indirectly, by sharing imaginatively in the feelings, activities, etc of another person [Barron]
- experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another; done by a deputy for other people; acting as a substitute [Nandigam]
More word meanings for vicarious
from leading online dictionaries:
- Wiktionary:
- vicarious @ wiktionary
- WordNet:
- vicarious @ wordnet.princeton.edu
- Merriam-Webster Online:
- vicarious @ M-W.com
- MSN Encarta:
- vicarious @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- vicarious @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
- vicarious @ Answers.com
- Search for more definitions on Google:
- Google define:vicarious
- Search for more definitions on Yahoo!:
- Yahoo! define:vicarious
- Search for more definitions on Ask.com:
- Ask.com dictionary: vicarious