Imminent vs. Immanent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Imminent and Immanent
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Imminent
About to occur; impending
In imminent danger.
Immanent
Existing or operating within; inherent
The protection of liberties is immanent in constitutional arrangements
Imminent
About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
Immanent
Existing or remaining within; inherent
Believed in a God immanent in humans.
Imminent
Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; - said especially of misfortune or peril.
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Immanent
Restricted entirely to the mind; subjective.
Imminent
Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.
Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach.
Immanent
Naturally part of something; existing throughout and within something; intrinsic.
Imminent
With upon) Bent upon; attentive to.
Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters.
Three times to-dayYou have defended me from imminent death.
No story I unfold of public woes,Nor bear advices of impending foes.
Fierce faces threatening war.
Immanent
(philosophy) Of something which has always already been.
Imminent
Close in time; about to occur;
Retribution is at hand
Some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand
In imminent danger
His impending retirement
Immanent
Restricted entirely to the mind or a given domain; internal; subjective.
Immanent
Existing within and throughout the mind and the world; dwelling within and throughout all things, all time, etc. Compare transcendent.
Immanent
Taking place entirely within the mind of the subject and having no effect outside of it. Compare emanant, transeunt.
Immanent
Being within the limits of experience or knowledge.
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.
Immanent
Of a mental act performed entirely within the mind;
A cognition is an immanent act of mind
Immanent
Of qualities that are spread throughout something;
Ambition is immanent in human nature
We think of God as immanent in nature
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