hermeneutic
adjective
- about interpretation
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)uː.tɪk/ / /ˌhɜɹ.məˈn(j)u.tɪk/ / /ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)ʉː.tɪk/
adj
Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτικός (hermēneutikós, “of or for interpreting”), from Ancient Greek ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús, “interpreter”).
- Having to do with hermeneutics; that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates texts, especially holy texts.
“Near-synonyms: exegetic, exegetical”
“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.”
noun
Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτικός (hermēneutikós, “of or for interpreting”), from Ancient Greek ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús, “interpreter”).
- A particular theory of hermeneutics; a particular method of interpretation of text, especially holy texts.
“The hermeneutics of suspicion needs to be balanced by a hermeneutic that is grounded in the recognition that written texts represent valid expressions of their author's intent, and that principles may be established that would guide the reader to that intent.”