immanence

[ im-uh-nuhns ]

noun

1. 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.

2. 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.

Other Words From

• non·im·ma·nence noun
• non·im·ma·nen·cy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of immanence¹

imman(ent) ( def ) + -ence ( def )

Example Sentences

Not only does the teaching of the immanence of God in the seas help the nations into closer fellowship.

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Immanence—Agnosticism is the negative side of Modernism; immanence constitutes its positive constituent.

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And, locally, there is also the immanence in the South of water competition by sea and river to be kept in mind.

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It is just here that Buddhism is on the side of modern pantheism and immanence.

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The mind is immanence of Being, an original relation to all we have named reality and worshipped as divine.

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