hermeneutical en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)ʉː.tɪ.kəl/ (Australia)
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- /ˌhøː.məˈn(j)ʉː.tə.kəl/ (New-Zealand)
- hûr′-mə-n(y)o͞o′-tĭ-kəl
- /ˌhɛɹ.məˈn(j)ʉ.tɪ.kəl/ (Scotland)
- /ˌhɜɹ.məˈn(j)u.tɪ.kəl/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)uː.tɪ.kəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτῐκός (hermēneutĭkós, “of or for interpreting”), from ἑρμηνευτής (hermēneutḗs, “an interpreter”), from ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō, “translate, interpret”); see hermeneutics.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to hermeneutics (the study or theory of the methodical interpretation of text, especially holy texts).
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).
1991, The Classical Review, volume 41, D. Nutt, page 97:
Deriveds
nonhermeneutical · hermeneutically
Relateds
hermeneutician · hermeneuticist · hermeneutic · hermeneuticize · hermeneut · hermeneutics