adj.
- Existing or remaining within; inherent: believed in a God immanent in humans.
- 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.]
immanence im'ma·nence or im'ma·nen·cy n.immanently im'ma·nent·ly adv.
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