immediacy

English

Pronunciation

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

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 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

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