as in interpretation
a statement that makes something clear
a psychobiography that purports to be the definitive exegesis of the late president's character
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Recent Examples of exegesis
When Congress speaks on constitutional affairs, this democratic legitimacy wields an authority that the Court’s rarefied exegesis cannot match.
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Duncan Hosie, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Beckert has evidently assessed the consumer landscape—a sluggish demand for exegeses of feudalism, a frothy bubble for tracts that put capitalism in its place—and banked on product-market fit.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
From true crime mania to the leftist backlash against urban gentrification and corporate greed, the themes are timely, salient, and well incorporated, if also a touch pretentious (Freud’s death drive gets an extended exegesis).
—Judy Berman, Time, 13 Nov. 2025
Yale Divinity School’s curriculum often prioritizes social justice over biblical exegesis, a shift that would likely dismay its benefactors.
—The Rev. Jake Dell, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
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Duncan Hosie, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Beckert has evidently assessed the consumer landscape—a sluggish demand for exegeses of feudalism, a frothy bubble for tracts that put capitalism in its place—and banked on product-market fit.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
From true crime mania to the leftist backlash against urban gentrification and corporate greed, the themes are timely, salient, and well incorporated, if also a touch pretentious (Freud’s death drive gets an extended exegesis).
—Judy Berman, Time, 13 Nov. 2025
Yale Divinity School’s curriculum often prioritizes social justice over biblical exegesis, a shift that would likely dismay its benefactors.
—The Rev. Jake Dell, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exegesis
Noun
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Ernaux’s signature method of resisting interpretation and incarnating the past plunges us into this girl’s experience.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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Supporters dispute interpretation The position taken by Raynes’ group on the civil rights bill has confounded some of the measure’s supporters.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Observers have put forth several explanations for her approach.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Experts point to several possible explanations, including the overdose-reversing drug naloxone being more widely available and the expansion of addiction treatment.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Millwall was blindsided by the educational pamphlet that featured the southeast London club’s badge edited onto an illustration of a Ku Klux Klan robe.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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But quantum mechanically, position and momentum can’t be simultaneously defined for any quantum of matter or energy; that’s one clear illustration of an inherent contradiction between these two frameworks for viewing the Universe.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Exegesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exegesis. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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