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- Dictionaryimmanent/ˈɪmənənt/
adjective
- 1. existing or operating within; inherent: "the protection of liberties is immanent in constitutional arrangements" Similar
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IMMANENT definition: 1. present as a natural and permanent part of something: 2. present as a natural and permanent…. Learn more.
The meaning of IMMANENT is indwelling, inherent. How to use immanent in a sentence.
IMMANENT meaning: 1. present as a natural and permanent part of something: 2. present as a natural and permanent…. Learn more.
Something immanent is inherent in and spread throughout something else — it's innate, intrinsic and inborn. Philosophers might debate about whether generosity is an immanent trait or something that people are taught.
If you say that a quality is immanent in a particular thing, you mean that the thing has that quality, and cannot exist or be imagined without it.
Immanent definition: remaining within; indwelling; inherent.. See examples of IMMANENT used in a sentence.
adj. 1. Existing or remaining within; inherent: believed in a God immanent in humans. 2. Restricted entirely to the mind; subjective. [Late Latin immanēns, immanent-, present participle of immanēre, to remain in : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin manēre, to remain; see men- in Indo-European roots .] im′ma·nence, im′ma·nen·cy n. im′ma·nent·ly adv.
Definition of immanent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
(philosophy, of a mental act) Taking place entirely within the mind of the subject and having no effect outside of it. Compare emanant, transeunt. Wiktionary. Synonyms: subjective. internal. instinctive. innate. indwelling. intrinsic. inherent. Antonyms: transeunt. Origin of Immanent.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English immanent im‧ma‧nent / ˈɪmənənt / adjective formal 1 CHARACTER OF something CHARACTER/PERSONALITY a quality that is immanent seems to be present everywhere Love is a force immanent in the world. 2 EVERYWHERE God or another spiritual power that is immanent is present everywhere — immanence ...
