exegetic
- adjective
- /ˌɛksɪˈdʒɛtɪk/
- Formal
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exegetico
- Many religious scholars focus on exegetic studies to clarify interpretations of scripture.
Examples
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Her exegetic approach to the novel helped uncover themes that many readers overlooked.
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Thus, today's students' notions about privilege correspond to the self-actualizing trajectory outlined by World Values Studies surveys in that students will tend to assert their autonomy over exegetic authority, and in so doing, reject traditional views of authority as definitive.
Academic text (2011) -
The Fall story in Stjorn relies heavily on Peter Comestor's twelfth-century Historia Scholar, following its structure and translating most of its literal exegetic approach to the story, thus bringing a developed continental mode of religious history into Old Norse-Icelandic.
Academic text (1998) -
The professor's exegetic analysis of the ancient text revealed deeper meanings.
Synonyms
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Helping people understand art or history
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Explaining art, writing, or data so people understand it better
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Relating to explaining a text, often religious texts like the Bible
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A way of thinking that describes how people find meaning in texts, art, or symbols
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Describing a way of interpreting texts or symbols
How Interpretive
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Etymology
Exegetic comes from the Greek exēgeisthai, which means 'to lead out' or 'to explain'. So an exegetic reading helps 'lead' a reader to the meaning of a text, much like when someone explains a difficult idea.