1. the quality or state of being immanent; the presence or existence of something within a person, place, or thing rather than outside it.
Usage: philosophy, theology
2. in philosophy and theology, the doctrine that God or a divine principle exists within the natural world and human beings rather than being separate from creation.
Usage: philosophy, theology

Examples

• The philosopher argued for the immanence of reason within human consciousness.
• Some religious traditions emphasize God's immanence in nature and human experience.
• The immanence of justice in the moral order was a central theme in her work.
• Unlike transcendence, immanence suggests that the divine is present within creation itself.
• The artist explored the immanence of beauty in everyday objects.