hermeneutic
hermeneutic
Definition
her·me·neu·tic (hʉr′mə no̵̅o̅t′ik, -nyo̵̅o̅t′-)
adjective
of hermeneutics; interpretive
Etymology: Gr hermēneutikos < hermēneuein, to interpret < hermēneus, translator
hermeneutic
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- suspicion: Anyone who spends time browsing there will find the stalls flooded with books that apply a hermeneutic of suspicion to biblical texts.
- gospel: Jesus expected the unity of the church in love to be the hermeneutic of the gospel.
- trust: In short, Abraham exemplifies a hermeneutic of consent, a hermeneutic of trust.
Modifies a noun
- circle: Too often we accept the idea of a Hermeneutic circle ( what you understand from a text depends on what you expect to find.
- meaning: This distinction between semantic and hermeneutic meaning seems to me both legitimate and helpful.
- principle: Using sound hermeneutic principles is not optional for the true disciple of Christ.
- approach: In addition to Wagner and Strauss, he is interested in opera generally and in hermeneutic approaches to the study of opera.
- analysis: BNIM is an integration of aspects of grounded theory ( Glaser and Strauss ), narrative style interviewing, hermeneutic analysis and phenomenology.
- theory: This calls for a hermeneutic cultural theory that also includes the third level, that of meaning.
Modifying Another Word
- only: Only hermeneutic translation - the translation of meanings - reveals in its end result truly equivalent words, structures and expressions.
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