On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Vicarious. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as secondary or abnormal and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Vicarious meaning
- Delegated.
- Experienced or gained by taking in another person’s experience rather than through first-hand experience, such as through watching or reading.
- On behalf of others.
Synonyms of Vicarious
Using Vicarious
- The main meaning on this page is: Delegated. | Experienced or gained by taking in another person’s experience rather than through first-hand experience, such as through watching or reading. | On behalf of others.
- Useful related words include: secondary, abnormal, exchangeable.
- In the example corpus, vicarious often appears in combinations such as: and vicarious, vicarious visions, the vicarious.
Context around Vicarious
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vicarious
- In this selection, "vicarious" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, witnessing, digital, ultimate, life, thrill and visions stand out and add context to how "vicarious" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include actual and vicarious life experiences and as a vicarious travelogue but. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vicarious" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vicarious
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I try not to absorb vicarious trauma. (7 words)
Developer Vicarious Visions has that private sessions will be added in a future update. (14 words)
Called vicarious racism, research has found it can result in greater symptoms of depression and anxiety. (16 words)
To take to the skies faster than a speeding bullet is the fantasy of billions of people, and characters like Superman, many of his fellow heroes, and even DC villains provide the ultimate vicarious thrill in their powers of flight. (40 words)
Lee’s vicarious touch as a producer gifted in the anthemic grand gesture is most apparent in the arms-aloft electro-house of (translation “move, dance”, although you needn’t speak Bambara to get the message). (36 words)
It’s enjoyable on its own as a vicarious travelogue, but this account’s real value is its cosmopolitan understanding of art two millenniums ago, when ideas and images shuttled back and forth across the Aegean. (36 words)
The Cult of Moondog offers vicarious liberation from materialistic struggles and reprioritizes the need for spiritual nourishment and wanderlust! (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Called vicarious racism, research has found it can result in greater symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Even witnessing vicarious violence can raise a person’s sense of and fear and, in some cases, lead to post-traumatic stress disorder.
Lee’s vicarious touch as a producer gifted in the anthemic grand gesture is most apparent in the arms-aloft electro-house of (translation “move, dance”, although you needn’t speak Bambara to get the message).
Our moral responses to the decisions we make in that digital, vicarious life cause us to reflect and learn from our choices, and to alter our real-world behaviour and worldviews.
To take to the skies faster than a speeding bullet is the fantasy of billions of people, and characters like Superman, many of his fellow heroes, and even DC villains provide the ultimate vicarious thrill in their powers of flight.
Vicarious Surgical has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 214.14%.
While that’s all happened at Blizzard, the Diablo team grew a bit as Vicarious Visions was integrated into the company as Blizzard Albany.
Here follows my personal take on its emergence, one that was product of a close but also vicarious relationship.
I am going to be producing movies that are metaphoric expressions of my actual and vicarious life experiences.
I try not to absorb vicarious trauma.
She also said X was not liable for “vicarious” infringement, saying it was not responsible to police how posts were drafted or obtain copyright permission in advance.
That vicarious, fantastic thrill that audiences once gleaned from stories of the rich and powerful takes on different meanings in TV series about them today.
Developer Vicarious Visions has that private sessions will be added in a future update.
He argues that “most English cathedrals are doing fine”, in part because they offer “vicarious religion”.
His comments about the importance of camaraderie and personal experience in an age of isolation and vicarious “Youtube” adventure are profound.
It’s enjoyable on its own as a vicarious travelogue, but this account’s real value is its cosmopolitan understanding of art two millenniums ago, when ideas and images shuttled back and forth across the Aegean.
No doubt, the leaders of tomorrow are supposed to be under the vicarious mentorship of the present crop of political leaders.
The Cult of Moondog offers vicarious liberation from materialistic struggles and reprioritizes the need for spiritual nourishment and wanderlust!
This leaves scanning and vicarious learning, both of which involve trying to learn as much as possible from the environment (scanning), and from the experiences of other armies.
What's interesting about this is part of the appeal of the movies (especially the original trilogy) was the vicarious thrill of going on a grand adventure searching for treasure.
Common combinations with vicarious
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: