Immediacy
[ih-mee-dee-uh-see] /ɪˈmi di ə si/
noun, plural immediacies.
1.
the state, condition, or quality of being immediate.
2.
Often, immediacies. an immediate need:
the immediacies of everyday living.
3.
Philosophy.
n.
c.1600, from immediate + -cy.
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