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.
—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
Since then, the opera house – though in so many places the art form is dismissed as an elitist art form with little relevance to today’s challenges and mindsets – has emerged as an immanent pole of strength, support, and solace for a city living under the clouds of war and aggression.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2023
But Pynchon’s theory of history offers its own immanent critique.
—John Semley, WIRED, 16 Feb. 2023
But the experience of becoming a parent, as Nabokov describes it in Speak, Memory, suggests a third possibility—one which, if interpreted correctly, is possible to verify empirically: that death and rebirth are immanent in life itself.
—Ryan Ruby, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
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
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
Since then, the opera house – though in so many places the art form is dismissed as an elitist art form with little relevance to today’s challenges and mindsets – has emerged as an immanent pole of strength, support, and solace for a city living under the clouds of war and aggression.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2023
But Pynchon’s theory of history offers its own immanent critique.
—John Semley, WIRED, 16 Feb. 2023
But the experience of becoming a parent, as Nabokov describes it in Speak, Memory, suggests a third possibility—one which, if interpreted correctly, is possible to verify empirically: that death and rebirth are immanent in life itself.
—Ryan Ruby, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
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
Adjective
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Liquid fuel rockets will always have their inherent limitations, as will any systems that hope to augment or replace them.—
David Szondy
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2026
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Cultural change takes time, and in some industries, high-pressure environments are inherent to the work itself.—
Christine Muldoon,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Both the white dwarf and the red dwarf have their own intrinsic magnetic fields.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
2 June 2026
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Those ideas became intrinsic to American economic culture.—
Britney Porter,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Dining is an integral part of the experience at Faro Capel Rosso, with a seasonal menu inspired by the traditions of Giglio Island and the Tuscan mainland.—
Valentina Di Donato,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Bird said thinking about and acknowledging the challenges of climate change and coming up with solutions was integral to their mission.—
Tara Molina,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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Whether your plans include a day at the beach, sightseeing around a new city, or simply running errands, the right pair of pants can quickly become your go-to summer outfit essential.—
Kate Donovan,
Southern Living,
2 June 2026
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For instance, Nursing gig platforms have been found to pit essential workers against each other by offering shifts to those who bid the lowest hourly wage.—
Sarita Gupta,
Time,
2 June 2026
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“Immanent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immanent. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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