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immanent

[ im-uh-nuhnt ]

adjective

  1. remaining within; indwelling; inherent.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms: ,

  2. Philosophy. (of a mental act) taking place within the mind of the subject and having no effect outside of it. Compare transeunt.
  3. Theology. (of the Deity) indwelling the universe, time, etc. Compare transcendent ( def 3 ).


immanent

/ ˈɪəəԳ /

adjective

  1. existing, operating, or remaining within; inherent
  2. of or relating to the pantheistic conception of God, as being present throughout the universe Compare transcendent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱԳ, noun
  • ˈԱԳٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··ԱԳ [im, -, uh, -n, uh, ns], ··Ա· [im, -, uh, -n, uh, n-see], noun
  • ··ԱԳ· adverb
  • ԴDz···ԱԳ adjective
  • non···ԱԳ· adverb
  • ܲ···ԱԳ adjective
  • un···ԱԳ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of immanent1

First recorded in 1525–35; from Late Latin immanent- (stem of ŧԲ ), present participle of ŧ “to stay in,” equivalent to im- “in” ( im- 1 ) + (ŧ) “to stay” + -ent- adjective suffix ( -ent ); remain
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of immanent1

C16: from Latin ŧ to remain in, from im- (in) + ŧ to stay
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Nonetheless, they worked within the existing social and political structure to bore new lines of flight out of it through a process of immanent critique.

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Even our Sinophobes fall prey to this delusion, in the sense that building that country up into an immanent and existential threat paradoxically gives the Chinese system more credit than it deserves.

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Blackness in abstraction, as the curator Adrienne Edwards has written, is a more capacious and immanent model of artistic creation than many of our institutions can handle.

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God, however defined or understood, is immanent in all things, which is why we must look so directly at the world, even when the world indicts us for being terrible tenants.

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Still, Goodell’s deep moralistic streak is said to be genuine, and lately he has seemed to aspire to be more than just a functionary-enabler of the league’s most immanent moral ills, racism, misogyny and homophobia.

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