Definition of hermeneutic
1
hermeneutics plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: the study of the methodological principles of interpretation (as of the Bible)
2
: a method or principle of interpretation
a philosophical hermeneutic
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The first known use of hermeneutic was in 1737
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