Word:
Immanent
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Indwelling, inherent: being within the limits of possible power.
Sentences:
1) Beauty and character are not immanent traits.
2) He could not have the property, as it wasn't immanent for him.
Origin:
Late Latin immanent-, immanens, present participle of immanēre meaning 'to remain in place'.
First use:
1535
Synonyms:
built-in, constitutional, essential, inherent, hardwired
Antonyms:
adventurous, extrinsic.
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