immanent

[im-uh-nuhnt]

adjective

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

1525–35; < Late Latin immanent- (stem of immanēns), present participle of immanēre to stay in, equivalent to im- im-¹ + man(ēre) to stay + -ent- -ent; see remain

Related formsim·ma·nence, im·ma·nen·cy, nounim·ma·nent·ly, adverbnon·im·ma·nence, nounnon·im·ma·nen·cy, nounnon·im·ma·nent, adjectivenon·im·ma·nent·ly, adverbun·im·ma·nent, adjectiveun·im·ma·nent·ly, adverb

Can be confusedeminent immanent imminent

Synonyms for immanent

1. innate, inborn, intrinsic.

Antonyms for immanent

1. extrinsic, acquired, superimposed.

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Examples from the Web for immanence

Historical Examples of immanence

There is nothing profound about this conception of "immanence."
The Complex Vision
John Cowper Powys
The other truth which Greek thought had realized was the immanence of reason in nature and in man.
Lux Mundi
Various
Popular poetry is all against Pantheism and quite removed from Immanence.
A Chesterton Calendar
G. K. Chesterton
The doctrine of God's "immanence" was almost a commonplace with Browning's generation.
Robert Browning
C. H. Herford
It is just here that Buddhism is on the side of modern pantheism and immanence.
Orthodoxy
G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for immanence

immanent

adjective

existing, operating, or remaining within; inherent

of or relating to the pantheistic conception of God, as being present throughout the universeCompare transcendent (def. 3)

Derived Formsimmanence or immanency, nounimmanently, adverb

Word Origin for immanent

C16: from Latin immanēre to remain in, from im- (in) + manēre to stay

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Word Origin and History for immanence

1816; see immanent + -ence. Immanency is from 1650s.

immanent

adj.

"indwelling, inherent," 1530s, via French, from Late Latin immanens, present participle of Latin immanere "to dwell in, remain in," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + manere "to dwell" (see manor). Contrasted with transcendent. Related: Immanently.