Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hermeneutical

/ˌhɜɹ.məˈn(j)u.tɪ.kəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: her-me-neu-ti-cal
IPA: /ˌhɜɹ.məˈn(j)u.tɪ.kəl/

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to hermeneutics (the study or theory of the methodical interpretation of text, especially holy texts).

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: exegetical, exegetic"
"Meditation on reader-response and meaning seems tedious by comparison, and not always free from jargon: do we need to speak of a reader's 'ideational activity'? (p. 173); why do we need to 'actualize ourselves as a second and extratextual audience'? (pp. 110f.). Do we have to be told that ‘Eliciting the hermeneutical activity of characters and readers alike, oneirography like pictorial descriptions invites the inferential walk’? (p. 81)."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτῐκός (hermēneutĭkós, “of or for interpreting”), from ἑρμηνευτής (hermēneutḗs, “an interpreter”), from ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō, “translate, interpret”); see hermeneutics.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌhɜɹ.məˈn(j)u.tɪ.kəl/
British English: /ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)uː.tɪ.kəl/

Derived Forms

hermeneutically nonhermeneutical

Frequently Paired Words

hermeneut hermeneutician hermeneuticist hermeneuticize hermeneutics hermeneutic

Synonyms

exegetical exegetic

Questions

How do you pronounce hermeneutical?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhɜɹ.məˈn(j)u.tɪ.kəl/.
What does hermeneutical mean?: Of or pertaining to hermeneutics (the study or theory of the methodical interpretation of text, especially holy texts).
Where does hermeneutical come from?: From Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτῐκός (hermēneutĭkós, “of or for interpreting”), from ἑρμηνευτής (hermēneutḗs, “an interpreter”), from ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō, “translate, interpret”); see hermeneutics.

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