Vicarious
Encyclopedia
Vicarious may refer to:
- Vicarious arousal, when someone witnessing a strong display of emotion begins to feel a similar emotion themselves.
- Vicarious abuseAbuseAbuse is the improper usage or treatment for a bad purpose, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, sexual assault, violation, rape, unjust practices; wrongful practice or custom; offense; crime, or otherwise...
(or proxy abuse), abuse committed on behalf of somebody else - Vicarious AtonementSubstitutionary atonementTechnically speaking, substitutionary atonement is the name given to a number of Christian models of the atonement that all regard Jesus as dying as a substitute for others, "instead of" them...
, Christian doctrine. - Vicarious baptism, baptism for the dead
- Vicarious bullying (or proxy bullying), bullying committed on behalf of somebody else
- Vicarious learning, observational learning
- Vicarious liabilityVicarious liabilityVicarious liability is a form of strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine of agency – respondeat superior – the responsibility of the superior for the acts of their subordinate, or, in a broader sense, the responsibility of any third party that had the "right, ability...
, a term in common law - Vicarious liability (criminal)Vicarious liability (criminal)The legal principle of vicarious liability applies to hold one person liable for the actions of another when engaged in some form of joint or collective activity.-History:...
, a term in criminal law - Vicarious traumatizationVicarious traumatizationVicarious traumatization is a transformation in the self of a trauma worker or helper that results from empathic engagement with traumatized clients and their reports of traumatic experiences. Its hallmark is disrupted spirituality, or meaning and hope...
, transformation in the self of a trauma worker or helper that results from empathic engagement with traumatized clients and their reports of traumatic experiences. - "Vicarious," a song by Cadence Weapon from the album Breaking KayfabeBreaking KayfabeBreaking Kayfabe is the debut album by Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon, released in 2005 on Upper Class Recordings. It was also released in the United States by Anti-Records on March 13, 2007. The title refers to a term in professional wrestling which is synonymous with "breaking character" .The...
- Vicarious (Tool song), a single by the progressive rock band Tool
- Vicarious VisionsVicarious VisionsVicarious Visions is an American video game developer founded by the high school brothers Karthik and Guha Bala in 1990, which developed some PC and Game Boy Color games in late 90's and 2000. They later developed Terminus, which won two Independent Games Festival Awards in 1999...
, a video game developer