"surrogation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: surrogations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} surrogation (countable and uncountable, plural surrogations)
  1. The act or result of surrogating; replacement, substitution. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-surrogation-en-noun-7uRsCVu9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 34 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 31 38
  2. The act or result of surrogating; replacement, substitution.
    (organizational psychology, business, management) A process by which a proxy measure for a phenomenon is mistaken for the phenomenon itself.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-surrogation-en-noun-R9jgeKn8 Categories (other): Business, Management, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 34 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 31 38 Topics: business, management
  3. The act or result of surrogating; replacement, substitution.
    (psychology) 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.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms (organizational psychology): Goodhart's law [business]
    Sense id: en-surrogation-en-noun-vbzPSZXB Categories (other): Psychology, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 34 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 29 42 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'organizational psychology': 0 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: subrogation Translations (Translations): surogacja [feminine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 33 33 33

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