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EISEGESIS (eisegeses)
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Irregular inflected form: eisegeses
Dictionary entry overview: What does eisegesis mean?
• EISEGESIS (noun)
The noun EISEGESIS has 1 sense:
1. personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas
Familiarity information: EISEGESIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("eisegesis" is a kind of...):
interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)
Domain category:
Bible; Book; Christian Bible; Good Book; Holy Scripture; Holy Writ; Scripture; Word; Word of God (the sacred writings of the Christian religions)
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