IMMANENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immanent mean? 

• IMMANENT (adjective)
  The adjective IMMANENT has 2 senses:

1. of a mental act performed entirely within the mind

2. of qualities that are spread throughout something

  Familiarity information: IMMANENT used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMANENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a mental act performed entirely within the mind

Synonyms:

immanent; subjective

Context example:

a cognition is an immanent act of mind

Domain category:

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

Antonym:

transeunt (of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of qualities that are spread throughout something

Context example:

we think of God as immanent in nature

Similar:

distributive (serving to distribute or allot or disperse)

Derivation:

immanence; immanency (the state of being within or not going beyond a given domain)