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eisegete

eisegete noun: a person who places meaning on a text which is not originally or inherently present in the text itself.

Noun

eisegete (plural eisegetes)

  1. A person who places meaning on a text which is not originally or inherently present in the text itself.

Verb

eisegete (third-person singular simple present eisegetes, present participle eisegeting, simple past and past participle eisegeted)

  1. To place meaning on a text which is not originally or inherently present in the text itself
    • Derrida and Religion: Other Testaments edited by Yvonne Sherwood, Kevin Hart (page 255) (Routledge, →ISBN) http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0415968887&id=9MD3qFaGYKcC&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&ots=WTzI0sbp1m&dq=eisegete&sig=FYhXwSuFYFJfumbj9GFo-WlHF7c
      And nowhere does that nongivenness appear more...

Antonyms of eisegete

Forms of eisegete

Noun
pluraleisegetes
Verb
third-person singular presenteisegetes
present participleeisegeting
past participleeisegeted
pasteisegeted

Questions about eisegete

What does eisegete mean?
Eisegete means a person who places meaning on a text which is not originally or inherently present in the text itself.
What part of speech is eisegete?
Eisegete can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of eisegete?
The plural of eisegete is eisegetes.

Words near eisegete in the dictionary

  1. Eischens
  2. Eischenses
  3. eisegeses
  4. eisegesis
  5. eisegesistic
  6. eisegete
  7. eisegeted
  8. eisegetes
  9. eisegetic
  10. eisegetical
  11. eisegetically

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