IMMEDIACY

immediacy, immediateness

(noun) lack of an intervening or mediating agency; “the immediacy of television coverage”

immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy

(noun) the quickness of action or occurrence; “the immediacy of their response”; “the instancy of modern communication”

immediacy, immediate apprehension

(noun) immediate intuitive awareness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

immediacy (countable and uncountable, plural immediacies)

The quality of being immediate, of happening right away.

Lack of mediation; directness.

(philosophy) Immediate awareness or apprehension.

Synonyms

• (the quality of being immediate): See instantaneity

• (lack of mediation): plainness, unambiguousness

Source: Wiktionary


Im*me"di*a*cy, n.

Definition: The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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