vicarious
adjective
performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another.
vicariousness
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a word derived from
vicarious.
Example Sentences
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“I think vicariousness is more powerful than empathy, because ‘empathy’ implies ‘you’ being other than ‘them.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024
But, for the most part, a sort of clammy vicariousness reigns.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 25, 2019
I. The vicariousness of the sacrifice is implied in the word “for”.
From Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series by Frederick William Robertson
The teacher’s art takes its rise in what I call an aptitude for vicariousness.
From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Alice Freeman Palmer
India, through Buddha, abandoned, largely, its long-cherished principle of vicariousness and the multiplicity of its sacrifices.
From India, Its Life and Thought by John P. (John Peter) Jones
