vicarious
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For all of us watching at home—while the show makes stops around the homeland—it offers more than just vicarious joy at learning someone’s family heirloom really is a treasure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
There’s a vicarious sort of pleasure in watching somebody do something that you as a viewer think, “I’m way too smart for.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
The instinct to recoil at the killing of a fellow person, and to feel some vicarious pain as we consider the loss, is part of what makes us human.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2026
Television is a vehicle built for vicarious experiences, a medium fueled by feeling and thus prone to engaging in manipulation.
From Salon • May 26, 2025
Even Poor Old Ras, as Charles called his brother, expressed his excitement and his vicarious happiness.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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