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immanation

immanation noun: a flowing or entering in.

Noun

immanation (plural immanations)

  1. A flowing or entering in.
    • If we turn to the oldest hypotheses of the East,—to the Vedas of the Bramins and the Zendavesta of the Parsees,— […] we shall find indeed a full acknowledgement of the immortality of the soul, but only upon the sublime and mystical doctrine of emanation and immanation, as part of the great soul of...1826, John Mason Good, “Lecture II. On the Nature and Duration of the Soul, as Explained by Popular Traditions, and Various Philosophical Speculations.”, in The Book of Nature. […], volumes III...
    • […] that the world is immanation, that God is in the thing, and eternally present here, if nowhere else.1977, Annie Dillard, Holy the Firm
    Antonyms:
    emanation

Antonyms of immanation

Forms of immanation

pluralimmanations

Origin of immanation

From im- (“in”) + Latin manare (“to flow”). Compare mantio (“a flowing”).

Questions about immanation

What does immanation mean?
Immanation means a flowing or entering in.
What part of speech is immanation?
Immanation is a noun.
What is the plural of immanation?
The plural of immanation is immanations.

Words near immanation in the dictionary

  1. immanants
  2. immanate
  3. immanated
  4. immanates
  5. immanating
  6. immanation
  7. immanations
  8. immane
  9. immanely
  10. immanence
  11. immanences

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