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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] immediat, from Anglo-French, from Late [[Latin]] immediatus, from Latin in- + Late Latin mediatus intermediate  

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] immediat, from Anglo-French, from Late [[Latin]] immediatus, from Latin in- + Late Latin mediatus intermediate  

*Date: 15th century

*Date: 15th century

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*5 : directly [[touching]] or concerning a [[person]] or [[thing]] <the child's immediate world is the classroom>

*5 : directly [[touching]] or concerning a [[person]] or [[thing]] <the child's immediate world is the classroom>

==Description==

==Description==

'''Immediacy''' is a [[philosophical]] [[concept]] related to [[time]] and temporal [[perspectives]], both visual, [[cognitive]]. Considerations of immediacy [[reflect]] on how we [[experience]] the world and what [[reality]] is. It possesses characteristics of both of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterography_and_homography homophonic heterographs] '[[immanent]]' and 'imminent', and what entails to both within [[ontology]].

'''Immediacy''' is a [[philosophical]] [[concept]] related to [[time]] and temporal [[perspectives]], both visual, [[cognitive]]. Considerations of immediacy [[reflect]] on how we [[experience]] the world and what [[reality]] is. It possesses characteristics of both of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterography_and_homography homophonic heterographs] '[[immanent]]' and 'imminent', and what entails to both within [[ontology]].

In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_theory communication theory], ''immediacy'' refers to an individual’s perceived amount of time between an action and its resulting consequences (Crano, 1995). Immediacy can be considered an extension of certainty, however, these two entities are completely separate. In other words, it refers to the relative lack of any lag between an attitudinally implicated action and its consequences.

In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_theory communication theory], ''immediacy'' refers to an individual’s perceived amount of time between an action and its resulting consequences (Crano, 1995). Immediacy can be considered an extension of certainty, however, these two entities are completely separate. In other words, it refers to the relative lack of any lag between an attitudinally implicated action and its consequences.

[[Category: Philosophy]]

[[Category: Philosophy]]