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immanentism

immanentism noun: a doctrine based on immanence, especially the immanence of God.

Noun

immanentism (usually uncountable, plural immanentisms)

  1. (usually) A doctrine based on immanence, especially the immanence of God.
    • While some, like the early Church Fathers, still viewed it as the prison of the spirit, new emphasis came to be placed on the soul's incarceration in the flesh, the doctrine of immanentism.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 126

Forms of immanentism

pluralimmanentisms

Origin of immanentism

From immanent + -ism.

Questions about immanentism

What does immanentism mean?
Immanentism means a doctrine based on immanence, especially the immanence of God.
What part of speech is immanentism?
Immanentism is a noun.
What is the plural of immanentism?
The plural of immanentism is immanentisms.

Words near immanentism in the dictionary

  1. immanental
  2. immanentise
  3. immanentised
  4. immanentises
  5. immanentising
  6. immanentism
  7. immanentisms
  8. immanentist
  9. immanentistic
  10. immanentists
  11. immanentization

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