Dictionary

mediation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmiːdiˈeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌmidiˈeɪʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˌmiːdiˈæɪʃən/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English mediacion, mediacioun, medyacion, medyacyoun from Middle French mediacion and its etymon Late Latin mediātiō, from mediārī (“intervene”), from Latin medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, mediate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by an impartial party.
   • Perfect unity takes the form of abolishing all institutions of social mediation, including representative democracy and the rule of law as an independent instrument for settling conflicts. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 420:
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement.
3. (countable, uncountable) Heritage interpretation.

Forms

Deriveds

hypermediation · mediational · telemediation · cybermediation · transmediation

Relateds

mid · arbitration · mediator · mediate

Translations (24)

fi välitys (the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement) · ro mediere (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party) · fi sovittelu (the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement) · uk посередництво (the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement) · fi sovittelu (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party) · sv medling (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party) · az münsiflik (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party) · tr arabuluculuk (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party) · uk медіація (the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement) · es mediación (the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement) · ru посре́дничество (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party) · cmn 調解 /调解 (the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement) · de Vermittlung (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party) · ru медиа́ция (the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement) · bg посре́дничество (the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement) · ta மத்தியஸ்தம் (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party) · ru медиа́ция (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party) · ru посре́дничество (the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement) · bg посре́дничество (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party) · az vasitəçilik (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party) · fi välitys (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party) · id mediasi (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party) · cmn 調解 /调解 (negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party) · ro mediere (the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement)