vicariousness

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vi·car·i·ous (v

-kâr

s, -k

-, v

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.

a. Acting or serving in place of someone or something else; substituted.

b. 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 vicrius; see vicar.]

vi·cari·ous·ly adv.

vi·cari·ous·ness n.

Translations

vicariousness

n → Indirektheit f, → Mittelbarkeit f; the appreciation of art always involves a degree of vicariousness → Kunstgenuss setzt immer eine bestimmte Fähigkeit des Nachempfindens voraus

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