surrogation
surrogation · surrogations
The act or result of surrogatingThe act or result of surrogating; replacement, substitution.
US/sɚəɡˈeɪʃən/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act or result of surrogating; replacement, substitution.
The act or result of surrogating; replacement, substitution.
(countable, uncountable)A process by which a proxy measure for a phenomenon is mistaken for the phenomenon itself.
(countable, uncountable)A process by which a person can predict their emotional and cognitive reactions to a phenomenon by observing the reactions of others who have already experienced that phenomenon.
Translations
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plural: surrogations| Singular | surrogation |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsubrogation
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable