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Meaning of vicarious punishment | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A type of social learning in which a person is dissuaded from committing a certain act, as a result of seeing others punished for the same action.

countable, uncountable

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

vicarious reinforcement Vicariously Vicariousness vicarism vicarity Vicars

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