hermeneutic
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- adjective
- /ˌhɜr.məˈnuː.tɪk/
- Formal
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hermenéutico
- The professor's lecture focused on the hermeneutic methods used to interpret classical literature.
- hermeneutic circle
- hermeneutic method
- hermeneutic approach
They could be faithfully accidental, to use the, the great skeptic and and hermeneutic scholar ODA Mccard's phrase.
- They could be faithfully accidental, to use the, the great skeptic and and hermeneutic scholar ODA Mccard's phrase.
- They're not hermeneutic, they're not hermetic, they're not sealed off from examination.
Examples
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Understanding texts reductively only through their hermeneutic properties ignores the many dimensions of their lives.
Academic text (2015) -
Many feminists think of themselves as applying the hermeneutic method; that is, as creating interpretations rather than constructing arguments.
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What accounts for this hermeneutic occlusion?
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It's what we probably all have heard about and something that I will briefly try to describe what's called the hermeneutic circle.
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But this only brings into sharper relief the hermeneutic questions that we will address.
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This is the fruit of the hermeneutic engagement between horizons that results in meaning.
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Using the anti-Manichean syndrome as a hermeneutic tool might bring a fresh perspective to this perennial debate.
Academic text (1990) -
Given the centrality of lived experience within this literature, we adopted a hermeneutic phenomenological theoretical framework to describe the phenomenon.
Academic text (2015) -
In his analysis, he highlighted the hermeneutic approach that allows readers to uncover deeper meanings in texts.
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Many philosophers emphasize the hermeneutic aspect of understanding historical events through different cultural lenses.
Synonyms
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6.3
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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About problems people have when they try to explain or understand something
About explaining or interpreting texts, especially religious books
Surface Forms
Morphology
hermeneutic = hermeneutics (opaque) = hermeneut + ic
Although the suffix '-ic' signals 'relating to', the root 'hermeneut-' is an uncommon combining form not recognizable to average learners, so the meaning is not derivable from known components.
Etymology
Hermeneutic comes from the Greek name Hermes and the old Greek word hermeneuein, which meant 'to interpret' or 'to translate'. Think of Hermes as a messenger who explains messages, so hermeneutic is about finding and explaining the meaning of texts or symbols.