different between immanent vs numinous

English

Etymology

Entered English around 1530, via French, from Late Latin imman?ns, present participle of Latin imman?re, from im- (“in”) + man?re (“to dwell, remain, stay”). Cognate with remain and manor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?n?nt/
• (US)
• Homophone: imminent (many dialects)

Adjective

immanent (comparative more immanent, superlative most immanent)

1. Naturally part of something; existing throughout and within something; intrinsic.
2. Restricted entirely to the mind or a given domain; internal; subjective.
3. (philosophy, metaphysics, theology, of a deity) Existing within and throughout the mind and the world; dwelling within and throughout all things, all time, etc. Compare transcendent.
4. (philosophy, of a mental act) Taking place entirely within the mind of the subject and having no effect outside of it. Compare emanant, transeunt.
5. Being within the limits of experience or knowledge.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with imminent (“about to occur”) or immanant (“a certain type of scalar property of a matrix”).

Synonyms

• (naturally part of something): See also Thesaurus:intrinsic

Related terms

• immanence, immanency
• immanentism
• immanently
• immanentize
• immanentization

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

immanent (not comparable)

1. immanent

Inflection

Related terms

• immanentie

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ma.n??/

Adjective

immanent (feminine singular immanente, masculine plural immanents, feminine plural immanentes)

1. immanent

Further reading

• “immanent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?n?nt/

Adjective

immanent (not comparable)

1. immanent

Declension

Related terms

• Immanenz

Further reading

• “immanent” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

immanent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of immane?

English

Etymology

From Latin n?men (“nod of the head; divine sway or will; divinity”) +? -ous (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting possession or presence of a quality”). N?men is believed to derive either from Latin *nu? (“to nod”) or from Ancient Greek ????????? (nooúmenon, “influence perceptible by the mind but not the senses”) (ultimately from ???? (nóos, “mind; thought; purpose”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nju?m?n?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n(j)um?n?s/
• Hyphenation: nu?min?ous

Adjective

numinous (comparative more numinous, superlative most numinous)

1. Of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity. [from mid 17th c.]
   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 40]:

     He held his own body in numinous esteem.
2. Evoking a sense of the mystical, sublime, or transcendent; awe-inspiring.

Derived terms

• numinosity
• numinously
• numinousness

Related terms

• numen
• numinal

Translations

Further reading

• numinous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• numinous (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia