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immanently

immanently

8.4
In a way that is a natural part of something
  • adverb
  • /ˈɪmənəntli/
  • Formal
translation icon : imanentemente
  • The principles of justice should be understood as immanently tied to our society's values.

Examples

  • They are experienced as resources that, immanently, have been disclosed or tapped from within oneself rather than as forces that, transcendently, have arrived from a region beyond oneself.

    Academic text (1990)
  • I trust in a God that is creative and compassionate posthumanity, both immanently expressed in our potential minds and bodies, and transcendently expressed in our actual world—we are thoughts of God, and we are a God in embryo.

    Blog text (25)
  • The absolute principle of judgment, the infinite, is found immanently, but in the conscious action of the finite subject.

    Academic text (1993)
  • For Blondel, the crucial link with Spinozistic philosophy is in the fact that the explanation of phenomena is sought immanently, within the system of phenomena.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Few objects more aptly symbolize a worldview in which all knowledge is perceived as immanently catalogable and leads to a unified, absolute system or truth.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Since thinking is the sort of operation that distinguishes the human species from all other animals, however, he argues that Aristotelian psychology requires that we be united with the possible intellect immanently, on the level of first actuality; that is, the level of the soul as the substantial form of an animal.

    Academic text (2017)
  • In this respect, the project of a cultural narratology can draw on Fredric Jameson's concept of the "ideology of the form," which implies that "form is immanently and intrinsically an ideology in its own right":

    Academic text (2004)
  • The beauty of nature is immanently present in every flower and tree.

  • Many believe that creativity exists immanently within every person, waiting to be expressed.

Synonyms

inherently
vsimmanently
119 4.7

Happens naturally as a basic part of something

emphasizes existing or operating inside something rather than merely being a trait
internally
vsimmanently
90 3.3

In a way that happens inside a person, group, or place

is about core qualities or nature rather than mere physical inside position
intrinsically
vsimmanently
22 6.4

Part of the basic nature of something

is about existing or acting inside something rather than only being a core quality
organically
vsimmanently
13 4.9

In a way that fits naturally into the whole

highlights internal existence or operation rather than gradual integration with whole
innately
vsimmanently
8 5.6

In a natural way that someone has from birth

points to internal existence or operation rather than origin or birth source
integrally
vsimmanently
1 5.8

In a way that is necessary for the whole to work

focuses on existing or acting within something rather than just being necessary
elementally
vsimmanently
1 5.5

In a basic and essential way

concerns existing or acting inside something rather than just basic parts

Antonyms

23 3.2

In a way that is on the outside of something, for example on the skin

How Inherent

innately
8 5.6
immanently
  • Formal
8.4
inherently
119 4.7
essentially
745 3.4

Surface Forms

immanently positive

Morphology

immanently = immanent (transparent) = immanent + ly

A straightforward adverbial formation: the adjective 'immanent' takes the productive suffix '-ly' to form an adverb.

Etymology

Immanently comes from Latin parts in- 'in' and manēre 'to remain', the same root as remain. So, to say something is immanently present is to say it exists 'within' something or is part of it.