immanence

[ im-uh-nuhns ]

/ ˈɪm ə nəns /

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noun

the state of being inherent or exclusively existing within something: “Place” is a fundamental concept; it has evaded theorizing because of its immanence and omnipresence.

Theology. the state or quality of a Deity exclusively existing within the universe, time, etc.: A horizontal axis stretches from God’s immanence in the world, on the left, to transcendence of it, on the right.

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Rarely im·ma·nen·cy

[im-uh-nuhn-see] /ˈɪm ə nən si/ .

Origin of immanence

imman(ent) + -ence

OTHER WORDS FROM immanence

non·im·ma·nence, nounnon·im·ma·nen·cy, noun

Words nearby immanence

Imittós, I'mma, immaculate, Immaculate Conception, immane, immanence, immanent, immanentism, Immanuel, immaterial, immaterialism

How to use immanence in a sentence

Not only does the teaching of the immanence of God in the seas help the nations into closer fellowship.
The United Seas|Robert W. Rogers
Immanence—Agnosticism is the negative side of Modernism; immanence constitutes its positive constituent.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
And, locally, there is also the immanence in the South of water competition by sea and river to be kept in mind.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley
It is just here that Buddhism is on the side of modern pantheism and immanence.
Orthodoxy|G. K. Chesterton

The mind is immanence of Being, an original relation to all we have named reality and worshipped as divine.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 76, February, 1864|Various