vicarious experience
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experiencing something indirectly, through the feelings or actions of another person
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- Reading novels allows me to have a vicarious experience of different lives and cultures.
- Through his travelogue, I gained a profound vicarious experience of climbing Mount Everest.
- Many sports fans live a vicarious experience through the triumphs and failures of their favorite athletes.
- She felt a vicarious experience of motherhood by devotedly caring for her younger siblings.
- Nature documentaries often provide a vicarious experience of remote and untouched wilderness.
- For some, watching extreme sports offers a thrilling vicarious experience of danger and adrenaline.
- His vivid storytelling gave us a harrowing vicarious experience of the brutal realities of war.
- I deeply appreciate the vicarious experience I get from historically accurate dramas.
- By listening intently to her friend's adventurous tales, she enjoyed a wonderful vicarious experience.
- The advanced virtual reality game offered an incredibly realistic vicarious experience of flying through space.