immanent

English

Etymology

Entered English around 1530, via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin immanēns, present participle of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin immanēre, from im- (“in”) + manēre (“to dwell, remain, stay”). Cognate with remain and manor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪmənənt/

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• Homophone: imminent (many dialects)

Adjective

immanent (comparative more immanent, superlative most immanent)

1. Naturally part of something; existing throughout and within something; intrinsic.
2. Restricted entirely to the mind or a given domain; internal; subjective.
3. (philosophy, metaphysics, theology, of a deity) Existing within and throughout the mind and the world; dwelling within and throughout all things, all time, etc. Compare transcendent.
4. (philosophy, of a mental act) Taking place entirely within the mind of the subject and having no effect outside of it. Compare emanant, transeunt.
5. Being within the limits of experience or knowledge.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with imminent (“about to occur”) or immanant (“a certain type of scalar property of a matrix”).

Synonyms

• (naturally part of something): See also Thesaurus:intrinsic

Related terms

• immanence, immanency
• immanentism
• immanently
• immanentize
• immanentization

Translations

part of something; inherent

• Bulgarian: присъщ (bg) (prisǎšt), свойствен (bg) (svojstven)
• Czech: imanentní, bytostně vlastní
• Greek: έμφυτος (el) m (émfytos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: прису́щий (ru) (prisúščij)
• Spanish: inmanente

restricted entirely to the mind

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

immanent (not comparable)

1. immanent

Inflection

Declension of immanent
uninflected	immanent
inflected	immanente
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		immanent
indefinite	m./f. sing.	immanente
	n. sing.	immanent
	plural	immanente
definite		immanente
partitive		immanents

Related terms

• immanentie

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ma.nɑ̃/

Adjective

immanent (feminine immanente, masculine plural immanents, feminine plural immanentes)

1. immanent

Further reading

• “immanent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmaˈnɛnt/

• Audio:

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Adjective

immanent (not comparable)

1. immanent

Related terms

• Immanenz

Further reading

• “immanent” in Duden online

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) immanent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of immaneō