esoteric
26
9.7
- adjective
- /ˌɛsəˈtɛrɪk/
- Formal
:
esotérico
- The speaker's use of esoteric terminology made it hard for the audience to follow.
- esoteric knowledge
- esoteric aspect
- esoteric theory
They're about weird esoteric topics in mathematics.
- They're about weird esoteric topics in mathematics.
- Maybe they have esoteric tastes that barely anyone could fulfil.
- And so our esoteric name in Rosicrucianism is spirits of love and freedom.
- Now, I don't mean like making something that's so like esoteric and weird that it's unique because it's just strange.
- So, you know, understanding the kind of the idea of quantum information is becoming, you know, not just an esoteric pursuit.
- So to begin where I left off on the question of management, the the this question of meaning sounds awfully esoteric and abstract.
- So to begin where I left off on the question of management, the the this question of meeting sounds awfully esoteric and abstract.
- OK, so in in non in non esoteric terms, what is the soul?
- What are some of the more esoteric or what's we call them, high performance polyphasic strategies for sleep?
- What they talk about in these esoteric books of the yoga of the chakras and the mystical ways and all.
- this conversation, while it sounds esoteric in some respects,
- And this leads to the deep esoteric conversation that that I'd like to have.
Examples
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Will worked at a bank in a small esoteric subdivision that monitored the activities of other banks.
Fiction book (1995) -
Well, the board think that your show is too esoteric for Las Vegas.
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And they can add other more esoteric conditions like that, right?
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It's such a big subject, and in many ways it's difficult not to sound esoteric when speaking about it.
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This is kind of a deep, esoteric question.
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Where is the best place to get that really esoteric maker supplies?
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Indigenous people possess a wealth of esoteric knowledge about local plants and animals and their uses.
Academic text (1993) -
However, Graphics Central did not offer these esoteric courses to first-year students.
Fiction book (1990) -
When I was studying physics at Harvard, he was learning esoteric computer stuff at MIT.
Fiction book (2000) -
The dashboard was full of esoteric lights, dials, and meters that I would never understand.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
84
7.0
Not well known or famous
35
9.0
Hidden from view and not easy to see
27
9.8
Only a few people understand it
1
9.9
Mysterious and secret, like a code understood by only a few people
Antonyms
How Obscure
27
9.8
- Formal
3
9.9
- Formal
26
9.7
- US
70
5.4
- Specialized
350
4.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Esoteric comes from the Greek root eso- meaning 'within' or 'inner', like the simple English word 'inside'. So, something esoteric is meant for a small, 'inner' group of people rather than for everyone.