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Meaning of 'esoteric' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Esoteric [ a.]
- Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric.

Meaning of 'esoteric' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . esoteric [ a]
Meaning (1):
- confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
Example in sentence:
  • a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories

Nearby Words:

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