Definition

Noun 1. The quality or state of being recent; the fact of having happened, appeared, or been done not long ago. This refers to the temporal proximity of an event or thing to the present moment. 2. A time period immediately before the present. This refers to the recent past as a distinct timeframe.

Usage and Examples

• The recency of the software update means all the security patches are current.
• In memory studies, the recency effect describes how people best remember the last items in a list.
• The news report emphasized the recency of the scientific discovery.
• Due to the recency of his promotion, he is still adjusting to his new responsibilities.

Advanced Usage

• Recency Bias: A cognitive bias where people give more weight to recent events or information over older ones, even if the older information is more relevant or significant.
  • Investors must guard against recency bias, or they might make poor decisions based only on last quarter's performance.
• In recency: A formal phrase meaning "recently" or "in recent times."
  • Several policy changes have been enacted in recency.

Variants and Related Words

• Recent (adjective): Happening or beginning not long ago.
  • Recent developments have changed the situation.
• Recently (adverb): At a recent time; not long ago.
  • I saw her recently.

Synonyms

• Newness
• Currentness
• Freshness
• Modernity

Antonyms

• Antiquity
• Remoteness (in time)
• Oldness

Noun

1. the property of having happened or appeared not long ago
2. a time immediately before the present