hermeneutic

Speech parts

1. hermeneutic - Noun

2. hermeneutic - Adjective

Meaning

Alt. of Hermeneutical

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

critical descriptive analytical interpretive explanatory informative illustrative demonstrative instructive interpretative expository elucidative discursive exegetical expositive
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Antonyms

obscure confusing unprofitable troglodytic uninstructive breviloquent

Examples

Academic study Sami shaman with his drum Cognitive, semiotic, hermeneutic approaches As mentioned, a (debated) approach explains the etymology of the word "shaman" as meaning "one who knows". Source: Internet

Interpretive and hermeneutical overviews of the Bible The hermeneutic method held by an individual or church will greatly affect their interpretation of the book of Revelation, and consequently their eschatological scheme. Source: Internet

Lapidge, Anglo-Latin Literature, p. 107; Gretsch, Intellectual Foundations, pp. 332–334, 336 The "Æthelstan A" charters were written in hermeneutic Latin. Source: Internet

Gretsch, Intellectual Foundations, pp. 348–349 After "Æthelstan A", charters became more simple, but the hermeneutic style returned in the charters of Eadwig and Edgar. Source: Internet

However, this distinction is complicated by hermeneutic (interpretive) difficulties in the categorization of Taoist schools, sects and movements. Source: Internet

In Tabatabaei's view, what has been rightly called ta'wil, or hermeneutic interpretation of the Quran, is not concerned simply with the denotation of words. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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