eisegesis

1. 1.

   personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas

   Broaderinterpretation

   Bible

Other forms of eisegesis

plural

eisegeses

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eisegesis

What does eisegesis mean?

eisegesis means "personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas".

How many syllables are in eisegesis?

eisegesis has 4 syllables and divides as ei-se-ge-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.