English Explanatory Dictionary

surrogation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or result of surrogating; replacement, substitution.
  2. A process by which a proxy measure for a phenomenon is mistaken for the phenomenon itself.
  3. 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.

Word forms

surrogation surrogations

Related words

subrogation Goodhart's law

Translations

Polish: surogacja
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