immediacy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmiːdi.əsi/, /ɪˈmiːd͡ʒəsi/, /əˈ-/

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Noun

immediacy (countable and uncountable, plural immediacies)

1. The quality of being immediate, of happening right away.
2. Lack of mediation; directness.
3. (philosophy) Immediate awareness or apprehension.

Synonyms

• (the quality of being immediate): See Thesaurus:instantaneity
• (lack of mediation): plainness, unambiguousness

Translations

the quality of being immediate

• Bulgarian: неотложност (bg) f (neotložnost)
• Catalan: immediatesa f
• German: Dringlichkeit (de) f (of an issue, problem, etc.)
• Hebrew: מיידיות f (miyadiyút)
• Irish: neasacht f
• Polish: bliskość (pl) f
• Spanish: inmediatez f
• Swedish: omedelbarhet (sv) c

lack of mediation

• Bulgarian: непосредственост (bg) f (neposredstvenost)
• German: Unmittelbarkeit (de) f
• Hebrew: אי-אמצעיות f (í-emtza'iyút)

philosophy: immediate awareness or apprehension

• Irish: neamh-mheánacht f