eisegesis
pronunciation
How to pronounce eisegesis in British English:
UK [aɪsə'dʒi:sɪs]
How to pronounce eisegesis in American English:
US [ˌaɪsə'dʒɪsɪs]
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- Noun:
- personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas
Word Origin
- eisegesis (n.)
- the reading of one's own ideas into scripture, 1859, from Greek eis "in, into" + ending from exegesis. Related: Eisegetical.
Example
- 1. And the authors write that nontextualism at its worst can be compared with eisegesis , the ugly stepsister of literary criticism .