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immanent

innate, inborn, intrinsic: an immanent gift of musical ability; inherent; existing or remaining within; subjective

Not to be confused with:

emanate – to flow out, issue, or proceed; come forth; originate; emit; arise, spring: His great talent emanates from the very depths of his being.

eminent – prominent; distinguished; noteworthy: an eminent author

imminent – about to occur at any moment; impending: in imminent danger

im·ma·nent

(ĭm′ə-nənt)

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.

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immanent

(ˈɪmənənt)

adj

1. existing, operating, or remaining within; inherent

2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to the pantheistic conception of God, as being present throughout the universe. Compare transcendent³

[C16: from Latin immanēre to remain in, from im- (in) + manēre to stay]

ˈimmanence, ˈimmanency n

ˈimmanently adv

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im•ma•nent

(ˈɪm ə nənt)

adj.

1. remaining within; indwelling; inherent.

2. (of the Deity) indwelling the universe, time, etc. Compare transcendent (def. 3).

[1525–35; < Late Latin immanēre to stay in its own place = Latin im- im-¹ + manēre to stay]

im′ma•nent•ly, adv.

imminent, immanent - Imminent is "about to happen" and immanent is "inherent" or "pervading the material world."

immanent

adjective inherent, innate, intrinsic, natural, internal, indigenous, subjective, congenital, inborn, hard-wired, indwelling hierarchy as the immanent principle of Western society

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immanent

immanente

immanent

[ˈɪmənənt] ADJ → inmanente

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immanent

[ˈɪmənənt] (formal) adj → immanent(e)

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immanent

adj → innewohnend, immanent (also Philos); to be immanent in something → einer Sache (dat) → eigen sein or innewohnen

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But his feeling goes beyond the mere physical and emotional delight of Chaucer and the Elizabethans; for him Nature is a direct manifestation of the Divine Power, which seems to him to be everywhere immanent in her; and communion with her, the communion into which he enters as he walks and meditates among the mountains and moors, is to him communion with God.

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"Every psychical phenomenon is characterized by what the scholastics of the Middle Ages called the intentional (also the mental) inexistence of an object, and what we, although with not quite unambiguous expressions, would call relation to a content, direction towards an object (which is not here to be understood as a reality), or immanent objectivity.

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Among the issues she finds in the narratives are the biblical narration of human origins, traditional religious language and ritual, the perceived clash between the immanent and transcendent nature and role of the Church, and the problematic notion of sanctity.

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They also discussed means of benefiting from Egypt's judicial expertise in developing the Saudi judicial system and accomplishing immanent justice reasoning, the statement added.

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The line-up of key films from the Philippines to be showcased at SGIFF 2018 also include short films in competition - "Manila Is Full Of Men Named Boy" by Andrew Stephen Lee, "The Imminent Immanent" by Carlo Francisco Manatad; "Please Stop Talking" by Josef Gacutan; and "Judgement" by Raymund Ribay Gutierrez.

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One key concept that runs throughout Smith's book is Taylor's notion of the immanent frame, which Smith defines as "a constructed social space that frames our lives entirely within a natural (rather than supernatural) order;" it is a "circumscribed space of the modern social imaginary that precludes transcendence" (Smith, 2014, p.

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The concept of concrete others is based on the Levinasian concept of the other in that it accepts the transcendental dimension of others; however, the concept of concrete others is different from the concept of the other because it emphasizes immanent dimensions of human beings and their multiple differences.

An ethics of concrete others: An ethics for the vulnerable in a globalizing world

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Adj.	1.	immanent - of a mental act performed entirely within the mind; "a cognition is an immanent act of mind" subjective philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics transeunt, transient - of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
	2.	immanent - of qualities that are spread throughout something; "ambition is immanent in human nature"; "we think of God as immanent in nature" distributive - serving to distribute or allot or disperse