immanentism

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noun

A doctrine based on immanence, especially the immanence of God.

First used 20th c.Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounimmanentism (usually uncountable, plural immanentisms)

plural immanentisms

  1. uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesA doctrine based on immanence, especially the immanence of God.First known use 20th c.

    While some, like the early Church Fathers, still viewed it as the prison of the spirit, new emphasis came to be placed on the soul's incarceration in the flesh, the doctrine of immanentism.

    1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 126

Origin

From immanent + -ism.

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Chicago

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