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Immanent vs. Internal — What's the Difference?

Immanent vs. Internal — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Immanent and Internal

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Immanent

Existing or operating within; inherent
The protection of liberties is immanent in constitutional arrangements

Internal

Of, relating to, or located within the limits or surface; inner.

Immanent

Existing or remaining within; inherent
Believed in a God immanent in humans.

Internal

Residing in or dependent on essential nature; intrinsic
The internal contradictions of the theory.

Immanent

Restricted entirely to the mind; subjective.
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Internal

Located, acting, or effective within the body.

Immanent

Naturally part of something; existing throughout and within something; intrinsic.

Internal

Of or relating to mental or spiritual nature
"An internal sense of righteousness dwindles into an external concern for reputation" (A.R. Gurney, Jr.).

Immanent

(philosophy) Of something which has always already been.

Internal

Of or relating to the domestic affairs of a nation, group, or business.

Immanent

Restricted entirely to the mind or a given domain; internal; subjective.

Internal

Of or situated on the inside.
We saw the internal compartments of the machine.

Immanent

Existing within and throughout the mind and the world; dwelling within and throughout all things, all time, etc. Compare transcendent.

Internal

(medicine) Within the body.
Her bleeding was internal.

Immanent

Taking place entirely within the mind of the subject and having no effect outside of it. Compare emanant, transeunt.

Internal

Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.
The nation suffered from internal conflicts.
The minister of internal affairs

Immanent

Being within the limits of experience or knowledge.

Internal

Concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation.
An internal investigation was conducted.

Immanent

Remaining within; inherent; indwelling; abiding; intrinsic; internal or subjective; hence, limited in activity, agency, or effect, to the subject or associated acts; - opposed to emanant, transitory, transitive, or objective.
A cognition is an immanent act of mind.
An immanent power in the life of the world.

Internal

(biology) Present or arising within an organism or one of its parts.
An internal stimulus

Immanent

Of a mental act performed entirely within the mind;
A cognition is an immanent act of mind

Internal

(pharmacology) Applied or intended for application through the stomach by being swallowed.
An internal remedy

Immanent

Of qualities that are spread throughout something;
Ambition is immanent in human nature
We think of God as immanent in nature

Internal

Experienced in one's mind; inner rather than expressed.
Internal feelings

Internal

Of the inner nature of a thing.

Internal

Attending a university as well as taking its examinations.

Internal

Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; - opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.

Internal

Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures.

Internal

Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war.

Internal

Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual.
With our Savior, internal purity is everything.

Internal

Intrinsic; inherent; real.
The internal rectitude of our actions in the sight of God.

Internal

Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.

Internal

Happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface;
Internal organs
Internal mechanism of a toy
Internal party maneuvering

Internal

Occurring within an institution or community;
Intragroup squabbling within the corporation

Internal

Inside the country;
The British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior
The nation's internal politics

Internal

Located inward;
Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle
She thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it
An internal sense of rightousness

Internal

Innermost or essential;
The inner logic of Cubism
The internal contradictions of the theory
The intimate structure of matter

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