Definition of "hermeneutic" []

• Interpretive; explanatory. (adjective)

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• "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."
• "It is a so-called hermeneutic insight and every new such insight is supported by our past observational experience."