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hermeneutics

[hur-muh-noo-tiks, -nyoo-] / ˌhɜr məˈnu tɪks, -ˈnyu- /


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To be fair to the practice of hermeneutics, there is also a more charitable way to look at Pence's remarks.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2023

In particular, scholarship in the disciplines of hermeneutics and phenomenology questioned what we can know and how we should approach the acquisition of knowledge.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Sharpton was at the lectern letting his words roar and flow, telling stories that circled back on each other in the familiar hermeneutics of black preachers.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2020

He joined her at classes on Bible translation and hermeneutics, and enjoyed them.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 15, 2019

They are amply provided with instruction in the metaphysics of theology, hermeneutics, and ecclesiastical history; and I should be sorry to see these departments less amply provided for.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward