immediacynoun [ U ]
uk/ɪˈmiː.di.ə.si/us/ɪˈmiː.di.ə.si/the fact that something seems real and important, so that you feel involved with it:
Pre-recorded TV programmes have so much less immediacy and warmth than live theatre.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reality and truth
- a slice of life idiom
- actuality
- apothegm
- authenticity
- fact
- gospel
- home truth
- McCoy
- practice
- real life
- slice
- the genuine article idiom
- the real McCoy
- the real thing 1
- the real world 2
- truism
- truth will out idiom
- veracity
- verisimilitude
- verity
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