EISEGESIS


Meaning of EISEGESIS in English

— 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; eiségesis, equiv. to eis- into + ( h ) ege- (s. of hegeîsthai to lead) + -sis -SIS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .