vicarious
vicarious
Definition
vi·cari·ous (vī ker′ē əs, vi-)
adjective
- taking the place of another thing or person; substitute; deputy
- held or handled by one person as the deputy of another; delegated vicarious powers
- endured, suffered, or performed by one person in place of another vicarious punishment
- shared in or experienced by imagined participation in another's experience a vicarious thrill
- Physiol. designating or of a function abnormally performed by other than the usual organ or part vicarious menstruation
Etymology: L vicarius, substituted: see vicar
vi·car′i·ously adverb
vi·car′i·ous·ness noun
vicarious
Synonyms
vicarious
modif.
Substitute
vicarious
Law Definition
adj
Suffered, performed, or
experienced by one person as a substitute for another; indirect; in surrogate.
vicarious
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- atonement: We can, for example, make little or nothing of the doctrine of vicarious atonement.
- liability: There is no question of vicarious liability for the GP for the actions of any midwife.
- thrill: No doors kicked in by dawn's early light, no vicarious thrill of the punishment beating asserting the beef of Old England.
- suffering: However, we find no clear additional evidence that Luke wanted to integrate vicarious suffering or a redemptive death into his own christology.
- sacrifice: Thus, atonement for Paul is not merely the forgiveness of sins through a vicarious blood sacrifice.
- pleasure: A lot of people have said there's a kind of vicarious pleasure in reading our book or whatever.
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