- eisegeses
- n. interpretation of a text (usually the Bible) that demonstrates the interpreter's biases and not the actual meaning of the text
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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eisegesis — noun (plural eisegeses) Etymology: Greek eis into (akin to Greek en in) + English exegesis more at in Date: 1892 the interpretation of a text (as of the Bible) by reading into it one s own ideas compare exegesis … New Collegiate Dictionary
eisegesis — eisegetic /uy si jet ik/, eisegetical, adj. /uy si jee sis/, n., pl. eisegeses / seez/. an interpretation, esp. of Scripture, that expresses the interpreter s own ideas, bias, or the like, rather than the meaning of the text. [1890 95; < Gk… … Universalium
