Vicarious may refer to: *

Vicariousness Vicariousness refers to qualities or scenarios wherein one experiences another person's life, through imaginative or sympathetic participation. There are various examples whereby the social phenomenon of vicariousness may be observed. These incl ...

, experiencing through another person *

Vicarious learning Observational learning is learning that occurs through observing the behavior of others. It is a form of social learning which takes various forms, based on various processes. In humans, this form of learning seems to not need reinforcement to oc ...

, observational learning

In law

Vicarious liability Vicarious liability is a form of a 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 r ...

, a term in common law *

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 Before the emergence of states which could bear the high costs of mainta ...

, a term in criminal law

Religion

Vicarious atonement Substitutionary atonement, also called vicarious atonement, is a central concept within Western Christian theology which asserts that Jesus died for humanity, as claimed by the Western classic and paradigms of atonement in Christianity, which re ...

, Christian doctrine *

Vicarious baptism Baptism for the dead, vicarious baptism or proxy baptism today commonly refers to the religious practice of Baptism (Mormonism), baptizing a person on behalf of one who is dead—a living person receiving the Ordinance (Latter Day Saints), rite o ...

, baptism for the dead

Science and technology

Vicarious (company) Vicarious was an artificial intelligence company based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. They use the theorized computational principles of the brain to attempt to build software that can think and learn like a human. Vicarious describe ...

, an artificial intelligence company *

Vicarious Visions Blizzard Albany (formerly Vicarious Visions, Inc.) is an American video game development division of Blizzard Entertainment based in Albany, New York. Founded in 1991, the company was acquired by Activision in January 2005. In January 2021, Vica ...

, a video game developer *

Vicarious problem-solving Vicarious problem-solving is a rational actor approach developed by Thomas Schelling Thomas Crombie Schelling (April 14, 1921 – December 13, 2016) was an American economist and professor of foreign policy, national security, nuclear strategy, ...

, a rational approach to economic theory *

Vicarious traumatization Vicarious trauma (VT) is a term invented by Irene Lisa McCann and Laurie Anne Pearlman that is used to describe how work with traumatized clients affects trauma therapists. The phenomenon had been known as secondary traumatic stress, a term coined ...

, transformation in the self of a trauma worker or helper that results from empathic engagement with traumatized clients and their reports of traumatic experiences.

Entertainment

* "Vicarious," a song by Cadence Weapon from the album ''

Breaking Kayfabe ''Breaking 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. '' Breaking kayfabe'' is a professional wrestling ...

'' * ''Vicarious'' (album), an album by New Zealand band Strawpeople *

Vicarious (song) "Vicarious" is a song by the American rock band Tool. The song is the lead single released from their fourth full-length studio album '' 10,000 Days''. Debuting on Maynard James Keenan's 42nd birthday, April 17, 2006 on commercial radio, th ...

, a single by the progressive metal band Tool

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