Ricœur

proper noun

A surname from French — famously held by

OriginFrench Ricœur →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from French — famously held by
  2. A surname from French — famously held by:
    1. Paul Ricœur (1913–2005), French philosopher who combined phenomenological description with hermeneutics.

      Many existing textual models take for granted assumptions made by Ricœur who is one of the forestanding figures of a contemporary field referred to as hermeneutics (involved with a study of the theory and practice of texts).

      2003, Zachàr Alexander Laskewicz, Music as Episteme, Text, Sign & Tool: Comparative approaches to musicality as performance, chapter two: “The Musical Text”, § 2.10: ‘Conclusion: the importance of a new approach to text’

Origin

  1. FrenchRicœur
  2. EnglishRicœur

From the French Ricœur.

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Translations

French Ricœur
  • Ricœursurname of French origin
Cite this entry
APA

Ricœur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ric%C5%93ur

MLA

“Ricœur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ric%C5%93ur. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ricœur,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ric%C5%93ur.

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