hermeneutic
pronunciation
How to pronounce hermeneutic in British English:
UK [ˌhɜ:məˈnju:tɪk]
How to pronounce hermeneutic in American English:
US [ˌhɜrməˈnjutɪk]
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- Adjective:
- interpretive or explanatory
Word Origin
- hermeneutic (adj.)
- "interpretive," 1670s, from Greek hermeneutikos "interpreting," from hermeneutes "interpreter," from hermeneuein "to interpret," of unknown origin (formerly considered ultimately a derivative of Hermes, as the tutelary divinity of speech, writing, and eloquence).
Example
- 1. A hermeneutic study of historical ru-academia : reconstructing chinese ethical history .
- 2. Public lecture : the modern hermeneutic methodology of traditional classics .
- 3. Language as horizon of a hermeneutic ontology .
- 4. His hermeneutic apparently the shortage to explain the reason that affair occurrence .
- 5. To emphasize the modern interpretation consciousness is the core of xu fuguan 's hermeneutic thought .