Esoteric

Esoteric
Esoteric Es`o*ter"ic ([e^]s`[-o]*t[e^]"[i^]k), a. [Gr. 'eswteriko`s, fr. 'esw`teros inner, interior, comp. fr. 'e`sw in, within, fr. 'es, e'is, into, fr. 'en in. See {In}.] 1. 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 discussions of technical topics and of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to {exoteric}. [1913 Webster]

Enough if every age produce two or three critics of this esoteric class, with here and there a reader to understand them. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

2. Marked by secrecy or privacy; private; select; confidential; as, an esoteric purpose; an esoteric meeting. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


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  • Esoteric — Es o*ter ic, n. (Philos.) (a) An esoteric doctrine or treatise; esoteric philosophy; esoterics. (b) One who believes, or is an initiate, in esoteric doctrines or rites. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • esoteric — I adjective abstruse, acroamatic, acroamatical, acroatic, arcane, cabalistic, cabalistical, concealed, confidential, confined to a select circle, covert, cryptic, deep, designed for the initiated, difficult to comprehend, enigmatic, enigmatical,… …   Law dictionary

  • esoteric — esotéric adj. m., pl. esotérici; f. sg. esotérică, pl. esotérice Trimis de siveco, 24.03.2009. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  ESOTÉRIC, Ă adj. v. ezoteric …   Dicționar Român

  • esoteric — 1650s, from Gk. esoterikos belonging to an inner circle, from esotero more within, comparative adv. of eso within, related to eis into, en in (see EN (Cf. en ) (2)). In English, originally of Pythagorean doctrines. According to Lucian, the… …   Etymology dictionary

  • esoteric — [es΄ə ter′ik] adj. [Gr esōterikos < esōteros, inner, compar. of esō, within < es, eis, into] 1. a) intended for or understood by only a chosen few, as an inner group of disciples or initiates: said of ideas, literature, etc. b) beyond the… …   English World dictionary

  • Esoteric — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Funeral Doom Gründung 1992 Aktuelle Besetzung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • esoteric — occult, *recondite, abstruse Analogous words: mystic, *mystical, anagogic, cabalistic: arcane, *mysterious …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • esoteric — [adj] mysterious, obscure abstruse, acroamatic, arcane, cabalistic, cryptic, deep, Delphic, heavy, hermetic, hidden, inner, inscrutable, mystic, mystical, occult, Orphic, private, profound, recondite, secret, Sibylline; concepts 529,576,582 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

  • esoteric — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ intended for or understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge. DERIVATIVES esoterically adverb esotericism noun esotericist noun. ORIGIN Greek es terikos, from es within …   English terms dictionary

  • esoteric — adjective Etymology: Late Latin esotericus, from Greek esōterikos, from esōterō, comparative of eisō, esō within, from eis into; akin to Greek en in more at in Date: circa 1660 1. a. designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone < a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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