Definition of esoteric Esoteric
/ɛˌsʌtɛˈɹɪk/ - [esuterik] - es•o•ter•ic
We found 7 definitions of esoteric from 5 different sources.
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What does esoteric mean?
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| esoteric - confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories" | ||
| exoteric suitable for the general public; "writings of an exoteric nature" | ||
| private concerning things deeply private and personal; "private correspondence"; "private family matters" | ||
| abstruse, recondite, deep difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography" | ||
| arcane requiring secret or mysterious knowledge; "the arcane science of dowsing" | ||
| cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptical, sibylline, cryptic having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther | ||
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Wiktionary 
- esoteric (Adjective)
Understood only by a chosen few or an enlightened inner circle. - esoteric (Adjective)
Having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical and without obvious practical application; often with mystical or religious connotations. - esoteric (Adjective)
Confidential; private.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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esoteric
Not understandable by the non-initiated.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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esoteric
es-o-ter′ik, adj. inner: secret: mysterious: (phil.) taught to a select few—opp. to Exoteric.—adv. Esoter′ically.—ns. Esoter′icism, Esot′erism, the holding of esoteric opinions.—Esoteric Buddhism (see Theosophy). [Gr. esōterikos—esōterō, inner, a comp. form from esō, within.]
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