Meaning of Surrogation | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

“[T]he Queene [Isabella of France], vvhen ſhee vvas […] aduertiſed of her huſbands dethronization, ſhee outvvardly expreſſed ſo great extremity of paſſion (notvvithſtanding that at the ſame time ſhee vvas tolde of her ſonnes [Edward III of England's] ſurrogation) as if ſhee had beene diſtraught in her vvittes: […]”

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