immanentlyadv.
/ˈɪmənəntli/, U.S. /ˈɪmənən(t)li/ Philosophy and Theology.
In an immanent manner, by immanence; inherently.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adverb]
subjectively?a1450
subjectlyc1475
interiouslya1513
habitually1597
substantively1598
inhesivelyc1600
inherently1601
intrinsically1602
interiorly1633
substantially1642
immanently1657
specificallya1676
internally1819
inwardly1884
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 87 It signifies in the manner of an action, yet not transitively as actives, but immanently, or as received in the agent.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 73 in Wks. (1721) II. Immanently will'd Within thy glorious self the Fiat pass'd.
a1743 A. M. Ramsay Philos. Princ. Nat. & Revealed Relig. (1748) I. iii. xxviii. 195 The living images of the deity must be essentially, necessarily, and immanently active.
1843 Eclectic Museum Aug. 542/2 He is the cause of all things, and that immanently, but not transiently.
1885 Jrnl. Speculative Philos. 19 369 The creative cause is stated as spontaneously manifesting its own nature in the creation; it abides immanently in the latter.
1929 J. Y. Simpson Nature iii. 123 May there be a Divine Nature or transcendent Godhead or Godhood actively and immanently related to the process?
1986 J. T. Cook in M. Grene & D. Nails Spinoza & Sci. iv. 204 These ways are immanently present in, and causally efficacious in the production of every idea.
2000 D. Moran Introd. Phenomenol. iv. 130 Fallibility is possible in all perception when we go beyond what is immanently given as it is immanently given.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1657