Explore Hermeneutic through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like theology or divinity. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hermeneutic meaning
Having to do with hermeneutics; that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates texts, especially holy texts.
Using Hermeneutic
- The main meaning on this page is: Having to do with hermeneutics; that explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates texts, especially holy texts.
- Useful related words include: theology, divinity.
- In the example corpus, hermeneutic often appears in combinations such as: the hermeneutic, hermeneutic approaches.
Context around Hermeneutic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hermeneutic
- In this selection, "hermeneutic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, correct, semiotic, certain, approaches, theory and style stand out and add context to how "hermeneutic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include appealed to hermeneutic principles to and as a hermeneutic option which. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hermeneutic" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hermeneutic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
From the perspectives of hermeneutic theory, baby factory affair cannot be examined with a fixed legal answer. (17 words)
However, this distinction is complicated by hermeneutic (interpretive) difficulties in the categorization of Taoist schools, sects and movements. (18 words)
Thus, hermeneutic nominalism is the hypothesis that science, properly interpreted, already dispenses with mathematical objects (entities) such as numbers and sets. (21 words)
The correct hermeneutic, one that affords an unadulterated vision of reality, is that of the man who lets himself be drawn into a personal relationship, who is willing to abandon his prejudices, who keeps a sense of wonder. (38 words)
The term is applied also to the derivation of new laws, either by means of a correct interpretation of the obvious meaning of scriptural words themselves or by the application of certain hermeneutic rules. (34 words)
This movement rejected abstract expressionism and its focus on the hermeneutic and psychological interior in favor of art that depicted and often celebrated material consumer culture, advertising, and iconography of the mass production age. (34 words)
Example sentences (14)
The correct hermeneutic, one that affords an unadulterated vision of reality, is that of the man who lets himself be drawn into a personal relationship, who is willing to abandon his prejudices, who keeps a sense of wonder.
From the perspectives of hermeneutic theory, baby factory affair cannot be examined with a fixed legal answer.
Academic study Sami shaman with his drum Cognitive, semiotic, hermeneutic approaches As mentioned, a (debated) approach explains the etymology of the word "shaman" as meaning "one who knows".
Gretsch, Intellectual Foundations, pp. 348–349 After "Æthelstan A", charters became more simple, but the hermeneutic style returned in the charters of Eadwig and Edgar.
However, this distinction is complicated by hermeneutic (interpretive) difficulties in the categorization of Taoist schools, sects and movements.
Instead of resisting the admission of this paradox in the search for understanding, Heidegger requires that we embrace it through an active process of elucidation he called the " Hermeneutic Circle ".
In Tabatabaei's view, what has been rightly called ta'wil, or hermeneutic interpretation of the Quran, is not concerned simply with the denotation of words.
Interpretive and hermeneutical overviews of the Bible The hermeneutic method held by an individual or church will greatly affect their interpretation of the book of Revelation, and consequently their eschatological scheme.
Progressive creationism can be held in conjunction with hermeneutic approaches to the Genesis creation narrative such as the day-age theory or framework /metaphoric/poetic views.
Strictly speaking, day-age creationism is not so much a creationist theory as a hermeneutic option which may be combined with theories such as progressive creationism.
The term is applied also to the derivation of new laws, either by means of a correct interpretation of the obvious meaning of scriptural words themselves or by the application of certain hermeneutic rules.
This movement rejected abstract expressionism and its focus on the hermeneutic and psychological interior in favor of art that depicted and often celebrated material consumer culture, advertising, and iconography of the mass production age.
Thus, hermeneutic nominalism is the hypothesis that science, properly interpreted, already dispenses with mathematical objects (entities) such as numbers and sets.
When different rabbis forwarded conflicting interpretations, they sometimes appealed to hermeneutic principles to legitimize their arguments; some rabbis claim that these principles were themselves revealed by God to Moses at Sinai.
Common combinations with hermeneutic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: