immanent
remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
Philosophy. (of a mental act) taking place within the mind of the subject and having no effect outside of it.: Compare transeunt.
Theology. (of the Deity) indwelling the universe, time, etc.: Compare transcendent (def. 3).
Origin of immanent
1Other words for immanent
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- im·ma·nence [im-uh-nuhns], /ˈɪm ə nəns/, im·ma·nen·cy [im-uh-nuhn-see], /ˈɪm ə nən si/, noun
- im·ma·nent·ly, adverb
- non·im·ma·nent, adjective
- non·im·ma·nent·ly, adverb
- un·im·ma·nent, adjective
- un·im·ma·nent·ly, adverb
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How to use immanent in a sentence
They need God to feel immanent, nearly material like a Greek deity, while we need God to be thought ineffable and mysterious.
And yet there was a likeness, not so much speaking as immanent, not so much in any particular feature as upon the whole.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonThrough its immanent psychical power it is to exercise magical coercion over the soul of the god or the saint.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtThe development, moreover, is not immanent in religion; it is the result of external causes.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtThis entire social complex has been subsumed under the principle that law is immanent in all history.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm Wundt
The spiritual life is thus individual and over-individual, historical and over-historical, transcendent and immanent.
An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy | W. Tudor Jones
British Dictionary definitions for immanent
/ (ˈɪmənənt) /
existing, operating, or remaining within; inherent
of or relating to the pantheistic conception of God, as being present throughout the universe: Compare transcendent (def. 3)
Origin of immanent
1Derived forms of immanent
- immanence or immanency, noun
- immanently, adverb
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