| NOUN | attribute | immediacy, immediateness | lack of an intervening or mediating agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | immediacy, immediate apprehension | immediate intuitive awareness | |
| attribute | immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy | the quickness of action or occurrence |
| Sounds | ihmiy'diyahsiy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy... | |
| Meaning | lack of an intervening or mediating agency. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the immediacy of television coverage" | |
| Synonym | immediateness | |
| Attributes | immediate | Having no intervening medium |
| mediate | Acting through or dependent on an intervening agency | |
| Broader | directness, straightness | trueness of course toward a goal / goal |
| Opposite | mediacy, mediateness | The quality of being mediate |
| Spanish | inmediación, inmediatez | |
| Catalan | immediació, immediatesa | |
| Meaning | immediate intuitive awareness. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | immediate apprehension | |
| Broader | intuition | instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes) |
| Spanish | aprehensión inmediata, inmediatez | |
| Catalan | immediatesa | |
| Meaning | The quickness of action or occurrence. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the immediacy of their response" | |
| Synonyms | immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy | |
| Broader | celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness | A rate that is rapid |
| Spanish | inmediatez, instantaneidad | |
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