vicarious

🇺🇸 /vaɪˈkeriəs/ 🇬🇧 /vɪˈkeəriəs/
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adjective
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when you feel or experience something through someone else, not by yourself

Watching adventure movies gives me a vicarious sense of excitement, as if I'm the one on the adventure.

translation

adj. when you feel or experience something through someone else, not by yourself