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Weiyang Luo
About the word “immanant”and“emmanant”
I have looked up some dictionaries but the explanations are a bit too abstract .
Could sb explain a bit about the two words?
Thank you in advance.
11 févr. 2015 07:23
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You might be referring to "imminent" "eminent" "immanent".
"Imminent" is a commonly used adjective to describe something which is going to happen very soon but we don't know the exact time e.g. an increase in the oil price is imminent
"Eminent" - is a formal but well-known and used adjective to describe someone who is very senior, well-respected and experienced in their field of work or study
e.g. He is an eminent physician
"Immanent" is a very unusual word used in philosophy. It's opposite is transcendent. It is used to explain that the origin of a "being" and / or its existence comes from within i.e. it was not created or held in being by an external, transcendent being. I may not have expressed this perfectly as I am only an armchair philosopher, not an eminent specialist!
11 février 2015
That's right. Neither of those words exists. Michael has given you an excellent definition of three similar words which do exist, though.
11 février 2015
I don't think those two words exist. Do you mean "imminent" or "immanent" and "eminent" maybe?
11 février 2015
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Weiyang Luo
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Chinois (mandarin), Anglais
Langue étudiée
Anglais
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