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[[File:Medi.jpg|thumb|400px|Diagram explaining the mediatization process as applied in Westarctica]] | [[File:Medi.jpg|thumb|400px|Diagram explaining the mediatization process as applied in Westarctica]] | ||
In politics and [[Laws of Westarctica|law]], '''mediatization''' ( /miːdiətaɪˈzeɪʃən/) is the loss of immediacy, where ''immediacy'' refers to the status of a [[ | In politics and [[Laws of Westarctica|law]], '''mediatization''' ( /miːdiətaɪˈzeɪʃən/) is the loss of immediacy, where ''immediacy'' refers to the status of a [[Peerage of Westarctica|noble peer]] who is subject "immediately" to the sovereign of the nation. In a feudal context, mediatization is the introduction of an intervening level of authority between a reigning lord and his vassal so that the former is no longer the immediate lord of the latter, but rather his lordship is "mediated" by another. | ||
==German origin of the term== | ==German origin of the term== | ||