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isogesis

isogesis is the misspelling of eisegesis.

Meaning of eisegesis

Noun

eisegesis (countable and uncountable, plural eisegeses)

  1. An interpretation, especially of Scripture, that reflects the personal ideas or viewpoint of the interpreter; reading something into a text that is not there.
    • For the benefit of readers who may have been influenced by certain eisegeses of MacCorquodale and Meehl (1948), let us here emphasize: Whether or not an interpretation of a test's properties or relations involves questions of construct validity is to be decided by examining the entire body of...1973, Paul Everett Meehl, Psychodiagnosis: Selected Papers, page 7

Questions about isogesis

What is isogesis the misspelling of?
Isogesis is the misspelling of eisegesis.

Words near isogesis in the dictionary

  1. isogeotherm
  2. isogeothermal
  3. isogeothermic
  4. isogeotherms
  5. isogeranial
  6. isogesis
  7. isogetical
  8. isoginkgetin
  9. isogloboseries
  10. isoglobotriose
  11. isogloss

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