Usually means: Interpretation and understanding of texts.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word hermeneutical:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. hermeneutical: Merriam-Webster
  2. hermeneutical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hermeneutical: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Hermeneutical, hermeneutical: Wordnik
  5. hermeneutical: Wiktionary
  6. hermeneutical: Dictionary.com
  7. Hermeneutical: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Hermeneutical: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Hermeneutical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. hermeneutical: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. hermeneutical: FreeDictionary.org
  12. hermeneutical: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. hermeneutical: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hermeneutical: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to hermeneutics, the study or theory of the methodical interpretation of text, especially holy texts.

Similar:
historico-grammatical, hermeneutic, historical-grammatical, grammatico-historical, literal, philological, historicophilosophical, epistemological, theologicohistorical, historiographic, more...

Opposite:
literal, plain, straightforward, unambiguous

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historical-critical, literal, midrashic, allegorical, typological, analogical, more...

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    indigo,     teal,     maroon,     sage,     lavender, more...

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Similar:
historico-grammatical, hermeneutic, historical-grammatical, grammatico-historical, literal, philological, historicophilosophical, epistemological, theologicohistorical, historiographic, more...

Opposite:
literal, plain, straightforward, unambiguous

Types:
historical-critical, literal, midrashic, allegorical, typological, analogical, more...

Colors:
    indigo,     teal,     maroon,     sage,     lavender, more...



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