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immanent Definition

im·ma·nent (im′ə nənt)

adjective

  1. living, remaining, or operating within; inherent
  2. Theol. present throughout the universe: said of God

Etymology: LL immanens, prp. of immanere, to remain in or near < in-, in + manere, to remain: see manor

immanent Related Forms

im′·ma·nence noun or im′·ma·nency im′·ma·nently adverb

immanent Synonyms

immanent

modif.

native, intrinsic, inborn, indwelling; see inherent.

immanent Usage Examples

Used with adjective complement

  • become: The fullness once associated with the Godhead is, as it were, emptied out and become immanent.
  • remain: It is the task of life, in Whitehead's terms, to aim beyond this repetition while remaining immanent to it.

Modifies a noun

  • realist: As immanent realists, both view concepts as essences that are within the concretes of the external world.
  • critique: The report, written by Campaigns Director Dan Lyons, is in the form of an ' immanent critique ' ( 1 ).
  • god: The spirit is the immanent god in a person; it is the impersonal god.
  • law: Late Capitalism more particularly strives to explain the contemporary history of capitalism by its immanent laws of motion.
  • spirit: We need to remember that the transcendent Creator of the Universe is also the immanent Spirit of power, love and a sound mind.
  • danger: Separation is called for as soon as the marginal politician senses immanent danger of integration into mainstream society.

Modifying Another Word

  • entirely: Crucially, the generation of this purposiveness is entirely immanent to the organism.
  • also: But mind is also immanent in the greater circuits which are complete inside the system " brain + body " .
  • purely: And also the human historical world is now seen by all of us as a purely immanent developing process.
  • wholly: A defining feature of pantheism is allegedly that God is wholly immanent.

Preposition: in

  • world: In a secular society, sense would finally be immanent in the world.
  • nature: But slowly this idea has changed also, and at the next stage we find a God immanent in nature.
  • creation: It is by his word that the transcendent God is immanent in creation.
  • thing: He transcends things by the power of His own nature, He is immanent in things only to meet their need.
  • everything: In this sense God is immanent in everything and everyone.
  • thought: Our ethical concepts must survive the scrutiny of our best ethical thinking - thus the reflection required for confidence is immanent in ethical thought.