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interpretational

interpretational

8.0
About how a piece is played or acted, for example in music and drama
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntərprɪˈteɪʃənl/
translation icon : interpretativo
  • The interpretational choices made by the director significantly enhanced the emotional depth of the play.

Examples

  • The music professor emphasized the importance of interpretational skills when analyzing classical compositions.

  • Her interpretational style in painting allows viewers to see familiar scenes in a new light.

  • The interpretational context becomes obvious to the initiates only later, when they perform corresponding ritual acts that are their most important duty.

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

interpretive
vsinterpretational
  • US
17 6.3

Helping people understand art or history

focuses on how a work is performed or presented rather than explaining it
interpretative
vsinterpretational
3 6.7

Explaining art, writing, or data so people understand it better

is about the manner of performance and presentation rather than giving explanations
hermeneutical
vsinterpretational
  • Formal
1 9.9

A way of thinking that describes how people find meaning in texts, art, or symbols

is about performance or presentation in art and drama rather than text interpretation

Surface Forms

interpretational positive

Morphology

interpretational = interpretation (transparent) = interpret + ation + al

The form is transparently based on 'interpretation' with '-al', and the sense extends in a standard way to performance or artistic understanding.

Etymology

Interpretational comes from interpret ('to explain' or 'show') and has long been used for how a performer presents an idea. So interpretational describes the particular style an actor, musician, or artist uses to bring a work to life.