different between mediation vs mediacy

English

Etymology

From Late Latin medi?ti? (perhaps via Middle French mediation/mediacion) from medi?r? (“intervene”), from Latin medius (“middle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /midi?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

mediation (countable and uncountable, plural mediations)

1. Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by an impartial party.
2. The act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement.

Derived terms

• cybermediation
• hypermediation
• mediational
• transmediation

Related terms

• mediate
• mediator
• mid

Translations

See also

• arbitration

Further reading

• "mediation" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 204.

Danish

Noun

mediation c (singular definite mediationen, plural indefinite mediationer)

1. mediation

Declension

Further reading

• “mediation” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology 1

Blend of media +? literacy

Noun

mediacy (countable and uncountable, plural mediacies)

1. Mediation; presence of an intermediary.

Etymology 2

Blend of media +? literacy

Noun

mediacy (countable and uncountable, plural mediacies)

1. The facility to work with words and numbers.
2. The facility to work with media.