Immanent Definition & Meaning

immanent
adjective
  1. of a mental act performed entirely within the mind; "a cognition is an immanent act of mind"
  2. of qualities that are spread throughout something; "ambition is immanent in human nature"; "we think of God as immanent in nature"

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