exegesis
noun
critical explanation or interpretation of a text or portion of a text, especially of the Bible.
exegeses
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pluralof exegesis.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Bradford provides similarly interesting exegeses of autobiographical echoes in other Highsmith novels, but this generally valuable material gets lost in an endless parade of lovers and equally endless litany of Highsmith’s appalling personal conduct.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2021
Baseball writers whom I much respect offer learned exegeses on revolutionary batting techniques and the physics of hitting a baseball.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2017
You’ll find it in Mad Men exegeses, literary criticism in the New Yorker, all sorts of movie reviews, theater criticism, and music reviews.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2015
The President was eager to put out the message that if people had questions he had answers—and, as the exegeses on the technical aspects of inspection regimes demonstrated, he pretty much did.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2015
We have heard ministers whose educational qualifications were all that could be desired, whose exegeses were faultless, who in their perorations would depart from all standards.
