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immediacy

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: immediacy

1
 n
the quickness of action or occurrence
2
 n
lack of an intervening or mediating agency
3
 n
immediate intuitive awareness
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: immediacy
1

n the quickness of action or occurrence

“the immediacy of their response”
Synonyms:
immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness
Type of:
celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness
a rate that is rapid
2

n lack of an intervening or mediating agency

“the immediacy of television coverage”
Synonyms:
immediateness
Antonyms:
mediacy, mediateness
the quality of being mediate
Type of:
directness, straightness
trueness of course toward a goal
3

n immediate intuitive awareness

Synonyms:
immediate apprehension
Type of:
intuition
instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
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