Dictionary Entry
hermeneutic
Part of SpeechadjectivePronunciation/her-muh-NEW-tik/Word FrequencyUncommon (3.59)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (2)That explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates.
In a Sentence
“The essay uses hermeneutic to make the point more precise.”
Published Usage Examples
“The second type of human/technology relation is what he calls hermeneutic (p. 80).”
“I am interested in hermeneutic theory, particularly as developed by philosophers such as Hans Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur, with an emphasis in my recent work on how questions of interepretation intersect with questions of ethics.”
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Origin
From Greek hermēneutikos, from hermēneuein ‘to interpret’.
Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “hermeneutic”
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