hermeneutical
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˌhɜːrməˈnjuːtɪkəl/
- Formal
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hermenéutico
- In her thesis, she explored the hermeneutical challenges in interpreting ancient texts.
- hermeneutical phenomenology
- hermeneutical privilege
- hermeneutical circle
And his approach to the text was intensely hermeneutical.
- And his approach to the text was intensely hermeneutical.
Examples
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Future studies must clarify how this hermeneutical insight applies to lectionary selections.
Academic text (2015) -
Historical and literary studies have inspired the application of a hermeneutical approach to the reading of documentary sources.
Academic text (1997) -
To the contrary, I suggest that the same hermeneutical development takes place.
Academic text (1997) -
Section III develops a hermeneutical method by which to do so.
Academic text (1994) -
We must also call for a hermeneutical suspicion of all such dialogue.
Academic text (1995) -
But at the same time it is an extraordinary hermeneutical turn that has taken place in Dante's thinking.
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I will set out from some broad hermeneutical presuppositions to be outlined below.
Academic text (2017) -
Following the presentation of these arguments, each issue is analyzed following the hermeneutical method as developed in section III.
Academic text (1994) -
I began from a set of hermeneutical connections between generativity, ambiguity, and truth.
Academic text (2017) -
But the answer to this question has extremely important hermeneutical consequences, profoundly affecting how we interpret Renaissance texts.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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6.3
Helping people understand art or history
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6.7
Explaining art, writing, or data so people understand it better
1
9.9
Relating to explaining a text, often religious texts like the Bible
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9.9
Describing a way of interpreting texts or symbols
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7.0
About problems people have when they try to explain or understand something
About explaining or interpreting texts, especially religious books
Surface Forms
Morphology
hermeneutical = hermeneutic (transparent) = hermeneutic + al
The suffix '-al' is a standard adjectival suffix indicating 'pertaining to', making the meaning clear from 'hermeneutic'.
Etymology
Hermeneutical comes from the Greek god Hermes, a 'messenger' who often explained messages, and from the root hermeneu- meaning 'to interpret'. So hermeneutical describes the work of 'interpreting' or explaining texts, symbols, or ideas.