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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

immediacy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪˈmiːd͡ʒəsi/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪˈmiːdi.əsi/
  • /əˈ-/

Etymology

From immedi(ate) + -acy.

Meanings

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

Forms

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immediacies Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

instantaneity (the quality of being immediate) · unambiguousness (lack of mediation) · plainness (lack of mediation)

Translations (15)

bg непосредственост (lack of mediation) · es inmediatez (the quality of being immediate) · he מיידיות (the quality of being immediate) · sv omedelbarhet (the quality of being immediate) · ga neasacht (the quality of being immediate) · fr immédiateté (the quality of being immediate) · ga neamh-mheánacht (philosophy: immediate awareness or apprehension) · de Dringlichkeit (the quality of being immediate) · bg неотложност (the quality of being immediate) · it immediatezza (the quality of being immediate) · ca immediatesa (the quality of being immediate) · de Unmittelbarkeit (lack of mediation) · he אי־אמצעיות (lack of mediation) · pl bliskość (the quality of being immediate) · pt imediatismo (the quality of being immediate)