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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, esotencal, for a select few, hidden, involved, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, private, profound, puzzling, recondite, secret, shrouded, shrouded in mystery, understood by a select few, understood by the initiated, undisclosed, undivulged, untold, veiled
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certain (specific), enigmatic, exclusive (limited), hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, mysterious, obscure (abstruse), private (confidential), profound (esoteric), recondite, secret, special, specific, undefinable
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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 — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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