hermeneutic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌhøː.məˈn(j)ʉː.tək/ (New-Zealand)
- (Southern-England) audio
- hûr′-mə-n(y)o͞o′-tĭk
- /ˌhɜɹ.məˈn(j)u.tɪk/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌhɛɹ.məˈn(j)ʉ.tɪk/ (Scotland)
- /ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)ʉː.tɪk/ (Australia)
- /ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)uː.tɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτικός (hermēneutikós, “of or for interpreting”), from Ancient Greek ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús, “interpreter”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable, qualifier:humanities) Having to do with hermeneutics; that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates texts, especially holy texts.
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.
2006, École pratique des hautes études (France). Section des sciences économiques et sociales, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Cahiers d'études africaines, Volume 46, Issues 3-4; Volume 46, Issues 183-184, volume 46, numbers 3-4; 183-184, Mouton., page 586:Near-synonyms: exegetic, exegetical
Antonyms
Deriveds
hermeneuticality · hermeneuticist · hermeneutic cycle · hermeneutically · hermeneuticism · hermeneuticity · hermeneutical · hermeneuticize · hermeneutician · hermeneutic circle
Synonyms
exegetical · hermeneutical · exegetic
Translations (20)
bg обяснителен (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · ast hermenéuticu (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · es hermenéutico (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · fr herméneutique (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · it ermeneutico (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · fi hermeneuttinen (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · ro hermeneutic (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · da hermeneutisk (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · bg тълкувателен (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · eo hermeneŭtika (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · la hermeneuticus (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · nl hermeneutisch (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · an hermeneutico (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · de hermeneutisch (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · pt hermenêutico (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · ro ermeneutic (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · sv hermeneutisk (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · ca hermenèutic (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · gl hermenéutico (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text) · pl hermeneutyczny (that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates a text)