Associations to the word «Hermeneutic»

Wiktionary

HERMENEUTIC, adjective. That explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates
HERMENEUTIC CIRCLE, noun. A framework for the interpretation of a text which considers historical, linguistic, cultural, environmental, and individualistic contexts.

Dictionary definition

HERMENEUTIC, adjective. Interpretive or explanatory.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin