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Definition of "hermeneutics" []

  • The theory and methodology of interpretation, especially of scriptural text. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hermeneutics" in a sentence
  • "The term hermeneutics, a Latinized version of the Greek hermeneutice, has been part of common language from the beginning of the 17th century."
  • "Possessed by madness and in hermeneutics overdrive, he will decipher this bit of the built environment."
  • "This is what fancy theorists call a hermeneutics of belief."