as in inherent
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
a question as to whether altruism is immanent in all individuals or is instead acquired from without
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Recent Examples of immanent
Yet this tenuous compromise had already fractured due to other immanent factors, well before the recent targeting of artists and bohemians with a full-frontal assault mounted with the instruments of the fascist and protofascist regimes of long ago.
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Diedrich Diederichsen,
Artforum,
1 Dec. 2025
Repatriation, while an immanent and continuous process, is often relegated to secondary status by state actors that prioritize state building, stabilization, early recovery, and reconstruction.
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Jesse Marks,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
Silently, austerely, his work seemed to prophesy a future state in which photography would colonize the immanent world and illusions overtake reality.
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Washington Post,
31 Aug. 2023
But Pynchon’s theory of history offers its own immanent critique.
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John Semley,
WIRED,
16 Feb. 2023
Blackness in abstraction, as the curator Adrienne Edwards has written, is a more capacious and immanent model of artistic creation than many of our institutions can handle.
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Jason Farago,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2022
Diedrich Diederichsen,
Artforum,
1 Dec. 2025
Repatriation, while an immanent and continuous process, is often relegated to secondary status by state actors that prioritize state building, stabilization, early recovery, and reconstruction.
—
Jesse Marks,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
Silently, austerely, his work seemed to prophesy a future state in which photography would colonize the immanent world and illusions overtake reality.
—
Washington Post,
31 Aug. 2023
But Pynchon’s theory of history offers its own immanent critique.
—
John Semley,
WIRED,
16 Feb. 2023
Blackness in abstraction, as the curator Adrienne Edwards has written, is a more capacious and immanent model of artistic creation than many of our institutions can handle.
—
Jason Farago,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immanent
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Separating identity from one's profession allows for continuous learning and thriving in an evolving workplace, ensuring value comes from inherent capabilities, not just a role.
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The physical configuration achieves passive safety operational profiles by relying on subcritical physics variables and inherent material limitations.
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Andrew Warden, vice president of marketing at Adobe, noted that brands need to adapt to the fact that AI is now an intrinsic part of the default search experience.
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Brand sentiment, the real measure of a creator's intrinsic value, the strength of their network and how much their audience genuinely trusts them.
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Georgia’s most influential dishes could be debated vigorously, but there’s no question that food has been an integral part of the South’s culture.
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This shift reflects a growing belief that self-investment, confidence, and joy are integral to a new, healthier definition of strength, challenging the expectation to always carry the world's burdens.
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Constant vigilance and education around water safety is essential.
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Caftans are the underrated summer essential that bring breezy, effortless glamour to beach days, brunches, and evening plans alike.
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“Immanent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immanent. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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