immanent

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

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  • Whether this God be transcendent or immanent, whether he be One, the Creator, the eternal and immutable Principle, or whether he be, as say the doctors beyond the Rhine, the ideal objectivation of our Me, is not the question for the heroes of humanity. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life Of St. Francis of Assisi, by Paul Sabatier.
  • Dusk was immanent, and the miles of ground constellated by lights. —  Red As Blood
  • In chapter 2 through 4, I foreshadowed the way this strategy provides Marx with the critical resources he needs for his immanent critique of the production of capital. —  Roughtheory.org
  • They teach that at the same time, Ultimate Reality is all-pervasive and immanent, the "ground of being," the source of the energy within every atom and the life in every creature. —  The Book Of THoTH, Popular Articles from The Archive Category - Philosophers - Plato
  • Those requirements may be acknowledged as necessary somewhere down the road, but since they are not immanent, the couple may simply assume they will come up with the money from somewhere when the needs are more pressing. —  We Blog A Lot
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  1. Late Latin immanēns, immanent-, present participle of immanēre, to remain in : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin manēre, to remain; see men-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French immanent = Spanish inmanente = Portuguese Italian immanente, from Late Latin immanen(t-)s, inmanen(t-)s, present participle of immanere, inmanere, remain in or near, from Latin in, in, + manere, remain: see remain. Cf. remanent, remnant.
 

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