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surrogacy

surrogacy
Noun

This term is most frequently encountered in legal and medical contexts regarding reproductive health. It carries a heavy clinical and contractual connotation, often involving complex discussions of ethics, law, and kinship. When used in this sense, it describes a specific arrangement rather than a casual act of helping.

In a broader systemic or organizational context, the word describes a functional substitution. This usage is more abstract and formal, typically appearing in academic or administrative writing to describe a proxy relationship where one entity performs the duties of another without possessing the permanent authority of that role.

Meanings

Nounsurrogacy

The practice of a woman carrying and giving birth to a child for another person or couple who will become the legal parents.

The couple decided to pursue surrogacy after years of struggling with infertility.

Nounsurrogacy

The act of substituting one person or thing for another in a specific role or function.

The use of a temporary administrator served as a form of administrative surrogacy until a permanent director was hired.

Examples

The couple decided to pursue surrogacy after years of struggling with infertility.

The couple decided to pursue surrogacy after years of struggling with infertility.

Health

Commercial surrogacy is illegal in many countries due to ethical concerns.

Commercial surrogacy is illegal in many countries due to ethical concerns.

I wonder if surrogacy is the right path for us to start a family.

I wonder if surrogacy is the right path for us to start a family.

Romance

The law regarding gestational surrogacy varies significantly from state to state.

They signed a detailed legal contract to ensure the rights of the surrogate and the parents.

They signed a detailed legal contract to ensure the rights of the surrogate and the parents.

Business

The use of a digital avatar acts as a form of surrogacy for the user in the virtual world.

The use of a digital avatar acts as a form of surrogacy for the user in the virtual world.

In this political system, the representative provides a kind of surrogacy for the will of the people.

In this political system, the representative provides a kind of surrogacy for the will of the people.

The actor's performance was a perfect surrogacy for the historical figure he portrayed.

The actor's performance was a perfect surrogacy for the historical figure he portrayed.

Is this just a surrogacy for your actual desires or do you truly want this role?

Is this just a surrogacy for your actual desires or do you truly want this role?

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