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English

Etymology

From {{term|sc=polytonic|ἐσώτερoς|tr=esōteros||inner|lang=grc}} (esoteric originally referred to the secret (vs. public) teachings of Greek philosophers).

Pronunciation

  • , IPA: /ˌes.əʊˈter.ɪk/,
  • :


Adjective

  1. Understood only by a chosen few or an enlightened inner circle.
  2. :''Many Wikipedians are glad that the wikipedia:Sum of absolute transformed differences|Sum of absolute transformed differences was not the 2,000,000th article, because it would've been too esoteric to adequately celebrate. Fortunately, it was article 2,000,001, while wikipedia:El Hormiguero|El Hormiguero, a Spanish comedy show, was the 2,000,000th.
  3. Having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical and without obvious practical application.
  4. confidential|Confidential; private.


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Translations

  • German:
  • Finnish:
  • Greek: {{t|el|εσωτερικός||tr=esoterikós|sc=Grek}}
  • Italian: {{t|it|esoterico|m}}, {{t+|it|esoterica|f}}, {{t|it|esoterici|m|p}}, {{t|it|esoteriche|f|p}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|秘儀の|tr=ひぎの, higi no|sc=JAchar}}, {{t|ja|奥義の|tr=おうぎの, ōgi no|sc=JAchar}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|ezoteryczny|m}}, {{t|pl|tajemny|m}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|эзотерический|tr=ezoteríčeskij|sc=Cyrl}}
  • German:
  • Greek: {{t|el|απόκρυφος||tr=apókrifos|sc=Grek}}
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|深遠な|tr=しんえんな, shin'enna|sc=JAchar}}
  • Polish: {{t|pl|zawiły|m}}, {{t|pl|niezrozumiały|m}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|эзотерический|tr=ezoteríčeskij|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Finnish:
  • German:
  • Greek: {{t|el|εσωτερικός||tr=esoterikós|sc=Grek}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|秘密の|tr=ひみつの, himitsu no|sc=JAchar}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|ezoteryczny|m}}, {{t|pl|tajny|m}}, {{t|pl|skryty|m}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|эзотерический|tr=ezoteríčeskij|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|тайный|tr=tájnyj|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|скрытый|tr=skrýtyj|sc=Cyrl}}

See also


Category:Occult

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.]
WordNet esoteric
adj : confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner
circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical
theories" [ant: exoteric]
Moby Dictionary
absolute
, abstract , abstruse , anagogic , arcane , auricular ,
between the lines
, between us , cabalic , cabalistic , censored ,
certain
, classified , close , closed , concealed , concrete ,
confidential
, covert , cryptic , dark , deep , deep-seated , defined ,
definite
, delitescent , detailed , determinate , different , distinct ,
distinguished
, dormant , eerie , enigmatic , especial , exceptional ,
express
, extramundane , extraordinary , extraterrestrial , fey , fixed ,
heavy
, hermetic , hibernating , hidden , hush-hush , hypernormal ,
hyperphysical
, immanent , implanted , implicit , in petto ,
inalienable
, individual , indwelling , infixed , ingrained , inherent ,
inner
, inside , internal , intimate , intrinsic , inward , inwrought ,
irreducible
, latent , lurking , metaphysic , minute , muffled ,
mysterious
, mystic , not for publication , noteworthy , numinous ,
obfuscated
, obscured , occult , off the record , otherworldly ,
particular
, personal , possible , potential , precise , preterhuman ,
preternatural
, preternormal , pretersensual , private , privileged ,
profound
, psychic , recondite , resident , respective , restricted ,
sealed
, secret , several , singular , sleeping , smothered ,
solipsistic
, special , specific , spiritual , stifled , subjective ,
submerged
, superhuman , supernatural , supernormal , superphysical ,
supersensible
, supersensual , suppressed , supramundane ,
supranatural
, theosophical , theosophist , top secret ,
transcendental
, transmundane , ulterior , unalienable , unbreatheable ,
unchallengeable
, under privilege , under security ,
under the surface
, under wraps , underlying , undisclosable ,
undisclosed
, undivulgable , undivulged , unearthly , unhuman ,
unmanifested
, unpublishable , unquestionable , unrevealable ,
unrevealed
, unspoken , untellable , untold , unutterable , unuttered ,
unwhisperable
, unworldly , veiled , virtual


ESOTERIC, adj. Very particularly abstruse and consummately occult. The ancient philosophies were of two kinds, -- _exoteric_, those that the philosophers themselves could partly understand, and _esoteric_, those that nobody could understand. It is the latter that have most profoundly affected modern thought and found greatest acceptance in our time.
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