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Definition of "immanent" []

  • Existing or remaining within; inherent: believed in a God immanent in humans. (adjective)
  • Restricted entirely to the mind; subjective. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "immanent" in a sentence
  • "Concepts were not in his eyes the static self-contained things that previous logicians had supposed, but were germinative, and passed beyond themselves into each other by what he called their immanent dialectic."
  • "Of course I meant "immanent" -- a rather different thing."
  • "The first problem hinges on what is known as the immanent Trinity, or the Trinity before the creation of the world."