hermeneutic
/ˌhɜɹ.məˈn(j)u.tɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having to do with hermeneutics; that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates texts, especially holy texts.
noun
A particular theory of hermeneutics; a particular method of interpretation of text, especially holy texts.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: exegetic, exegetical"
- "Following the goal of surrealist automatic writing, the sheer richness of this dream imagery blurs the border between oneirography and fiction—the tawdry colonials, the sign of the alluring woman, the writing lesson, the papyrus turban, the disguised charlatan's reverie, the ecstasy of signification, writing both conscious and unconscious, poetic and hermeneutic, text and mirror, "langage tangage" (Leiris 1985⁹)—composing a narrative philosophy of cross-cultural existence."
- "The hermeneutics of suspicion needs to be balanced by a hermeneutic that is grounded in the recognition that written texts represent valid expressions of their author's intent, and that principles may be established that would guide the reader to that intent."
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτικός (hermēneutikós, “of or for interpreting”), from Ancient Greek ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús, “interpreter”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ἑρμηνευτικός
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌhɜɹ.məˈn(j)u.tɪk/
- British English: /ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)uː.tɪk/