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immanentist

immanentist

9.9
A person who believes that God or the sacred is present in the world rather than outside it
  • noun
  • /ˈɪmənəntɪst/
  • Formal
: inmanentista
  • An immanentist believes that the divine is present within the natural world around us.

Examples

  • The immanentist, unitarian, impersonal, and pantheistic qualities of Einstein's universe stand in stark contrast to the transcendent, trinitarian, and personal structures of classical theism.

    Academic text (2009)

  • That is why, in Kierkegaard's view, immanentist religiosity is the greatest danger confronting man: it deifies man -- the twaddler.

    Blog text (29)

  • The error of the immanentist subject is to think that thinking is done like picture-taking.

    Academic text (2002)

  • In the second section, the logical arguments from within the discipline of economics will be discussed to show the inconsistency of "immanentist" views in theory.

    Blog text (9)

  • Many immanentists argue that spirituality can be found in everyday experiences and not just in religious practices.

  • The philosophy of the immanentist emphasizes a connection between humanity and the universe.

Surface Forms

immanentist singular
immanentists plural

Morphology

immanentist = immanent (transparent) = immanent + ist

The noun 'immanentist' is formed by adding the agent/relational suffix '-ist' to 'immanent', yielding 'a person who holds or relates to immanence', which is a straightforward morphological process.

Etymology

An immanentist comes from the Latin parts im- 'in' and manere 'to remain', like in the English word 'remain'. So an immanentist is a person who believes the sacred or ultimate reality 'stays within' the world.