hermeneutics
pronunciation
How to pronounce hermeneutics in British English:
UK [ˌhɜ:məˈnju:tɪks]
How to pronounce hermeneutics in American English:
US [ˌhɜrməˈnjutɪks]
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- Noun:
- the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis
Word Origin
- hermeneutics (n.)
- 1737, from hermeneutic; also see -ics.
Example
- 1. At the margin of hermeneutics : lay commentaries on the lotus sutra .
- 2. The art of identifying a kulak was thus no longer a matter of objective social analysis ; it became a kind of complex " hermeneutics of suspicion , " of identifying an individual 's " true political attitudes " hidden beneath his or her deceptive public proclamations .
- 3. Hermeneutics has its given philosophical signification as it belongs in the realm of western philosophy .
- 4. Research design : this article employs legal hermeneutics , a specific form of documentary analysis , to examine affirmative action policies and related court decisions recently issued in both france and the united states .
- 5. Hermeneutics and gestalt theory which are closely connected with receptionaesthetics are also referred to in this chapter .