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The meaning of IMMANENCE is the quality or state of being immanent; especially : inherence.
noun. the state of being inherent or exclusively existing within something: “Place” is a fundamental concept; it has evaded theorizing because of its immanence and omnipresence. Theology. the state or quality of a Deity exclusively existing within the universe, time, etc.: A horizontal axis stretches from God’s immanence in the world, on ...
the state of being present as a natural and permanent part of something: The immanence of religion is reflected in the music, much of which is based on Buddhist chants. They recorded their daily activities with a peculiar sense of immanence. See. immanent. Fewer examples.
Another meaning of immanence is the quality of being contained within, or remaining within the boundaries of a person, of the world, or of the mind. This meaning is more common within Christian and other monotheist theology, in which the one God is considered to transcend his creation.
the state of being present as a natural and permanent part of something: The immanence of religion is reflected in the music, much of which is based on Buddhist chants. They recorded their daily activities with a peculiar sense of immanence. See. immanent. Fewer examples.
immanence, in philosophy and theology, a term applied, in contradistinction to “transcendence,” to the fact or condition of being entirely within something (from Latin immanere, “to dwell in, remain”).
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.
