immanence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French immanence.

Noun

immanence (countable and uncountable, plural immanences)

1. The state of being immanent; inherency.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 197:

     Here the conflict between male bonding and the companionship of the transcendent quest versus sexual love and involvement in the immanence of bodily life comes right out into the open.

2. The state of dwelling within and not extending beyond a given domain.
3. (philosophy, metaphysics, theology) The concept of the presence of deity in and throughout the real world; the idea that God is everywhere and in everything. Contrast transcendence.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with imminence or immanant.

Synonyms

• immanency

Translations

(philosophy, metaphysics, theology) concept

• Bulgarian: вездесъщност f (vezdesǎštnost)
• Greek: εμμένεια f (emméneia)
• Hindi: अंतर्यामित्व (antaryāmitva)

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} immanentie (nl) f

See also

• transcendence

French

Noun

immanence f (plural immanences)

1. immanence

Further reading

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