hermeneut
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
hermeneut
- /ˈhɜːmɪˌnjuːt/ UK
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτής (hermēneutḗs, “interpreter”).
noun hermeneuts · hermeneute
- A practitioner of hermeneutics, someone who interprets a text, especially a holy text. Moses, full of sacrificial institutes, is the text, Isaiah and all the prophets are the hermeneuts[…].
- An interpreter of culture, experience, etc. Oh, an ardent hermeneut might try to distinguish his or her own experience as more intensively "pop" than that of less authentic metaconsumers passing through Coke's world.
Similar: exegete, exegetist, hermeneutician, hermeneuticist
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: exegete, exegetist, hermeneutician, hermeneuticist
Translations
Every language
noun one who studies hermeneutics
| Español | hermeneuta |
|---|---|
| Português | hermeneuta |
| Français | herméneute |
| Deutsch | Hermeneut, Hermeneutin |
| Italiano | ermeneuta |
| Română | hermeneut |
| Русский | герменевт germenevt |
Talk about this word "hermeneut." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hermeneut. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hermeneut. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hermeneut "hermeneut." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hermeneut.Cite this
@misc{hermeneut_2026,
title = {hermeneut},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hermeneut},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
