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/ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)uː.tɪ.kəl/ · adjective
Of or pertaining to hermeneutics (the study or theory of the methodical interpretation of text, especially holy texts)..
Near-synonyms: exegetical, exegetic
Meditation on reader-response and meaning seems tedious by comparison, and not always free from jargon: do we need to speak of a reader's 'ideational activity'? (p. 173); why do we need to 'actualize ourselves as a second and extratextual audience'? (pp. 110f.). Do we have to be told that ‘Eliciting the hermeneutical activity of characters and readers alike, oneirography like pictorial descriptions invites the inferential walk’? (p. 81).
Use hermeneutical when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hermeneutical means Of or pertaining to hermeneutics (the study or theory of the methodical interpretation of text, especially holy texts)..
Common synonyms include exegetical, exegetic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonyms: exegetical, exegetic
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