Associations to the word «Immediacy»

Wiktionary

IMMEDIACY, noun. The quality of being immediate, of happening right away
IMMEDIACY, noun. Lack of mediation
IMMEDIACY, noun. (philosophy) immediate awareness or apprehension

Dictionary definition

IMMEDIACY, noun. Lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy of television coverage".
IMMEDIACY, noun. Immediate intuitive awareness.
IMMEDIACY, noun. The quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.