immanence.

Existence or operation within a thing, world or domain of experience rather than beyond it.

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Words that belong together

• divine immanence
• philosophical immanence

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The account of divine immanence emphasized presence within the world.

Philosophical immanence was contrasted with a ground outside experience.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: institutional and conceptual change, philosophical orientation, qualification of recurrence and degree. Disciplines: academic writing, philosophy, cross-disciplinary analysis. Commonness: uncommon.