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Definition of esoteric in English: esotericadjective ˌiːsəˈtɛrɪkˌɛsəˈtɛrɪkˌɛsəˈtɛrɪk Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest. 为内行准备的；只有内行才懂的 esoteric philosophical debates 深奥的哲学辩论。 Example sentencesExamples - Every illicit drug now has its own subculture, with its own esoteric knowledge, its own rituals and its own argot.
- He taught mathematics not as some esoteric mystery, but as practical common sense.
- This has led him to an interest in the esoteric world of art restoration.
- Butler's report will be full of esoteric recommendations about working practices inside government.
- When so few people have been encouraged to learn trades, the special skills involved in them become esoteric.
- According to the esoteric tradition humanity is not the pinnacle of evolution on this planet.
- He is fond of pointing out how esoteric this debate is to the wider public.
- Now all such esoteric knowledge is regarded as suspect, as somehow unjust.
- The Left makes incredibly esoteric distinctions based on the motives of the social planners doing the killing.
- The trivia enthusiast in me thrilled to discover oodles of esoteric tidbits on every page - and not just about salt.
- Well in fact that esoteric knowledge is quite an important theme in conspiracy theories.
- While much of the text would be too esoteric for all but the art-history scholar, it does raise broader questions.
- Why did what was formerly seen as an esoteric cultural theory go from the margins of academia to the mainstream of public debate?
- It means that you live in one place, but exist in another esoteric, imaginary plane, unshackled by fact or memory.
- The poems show his erudition to be wide, his historical knowledge sometimes esoteric.
- Deep, hidden or esoteric meanings of the text are rejected in favour of its plain meaning.
- Smell, our seemingly most primitive sense, is often linked to spiritual or esoteric ideas.
- His adored father was a more or less failed Swiss pastor, a melancholic man of esoteric interests.
- Although the text is more accessible, it also loses its mysterious and esoteric qualities.
- Gibson's comments on the use of non-standard or esoteric English are particularly wise.
Synonyms abstruse, obscure, arcane, recherché, rarefied, recondite, abstract, difficult, hard, puzzling, perplexing, enigmatic, inscrutable, cryptic, Delphic complex, complicated, involved, over/above one's head, incomprehensible, opaque, unfathomable, impenetrable, mysterious, occult, little known, hidden, secret, private, mystic, magical, cabbalistic rare involuted
OriginMid 17th century: from Greek esōterikos, from esōterō, comparative of esō 'within', from es, eis 'into'. Compare with exoteric. Rhymesalphanumeric, atmospheric, chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric, Herrick, Homeric, hysteric, mesmeric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric Definition of esoteric in US English: esotericadjectiveˌɛsəˈtɛrɪkˌesəˈterik Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest. 为内行准备的；只有内行才懂的 esoteric philosophical debates 深奥的哲学辩论。 Example sentencesExamples - According to the esoteric tradition humanity is not the pinnacle of evolution on this planet.
- Although the text is more accessible, it also loses its mysterious and esoteric qualities.
- He is fond of pointing out how esoteric this debate is to the wider public.
- The trivia enthusiast in me thrilled to discover oodles of esoteric tidbits on every page - and not just about salt.
- It means that you live in one place, but exist in another esoteric, imaginary plane, unshackled by fact or memory.
- Well in fact that esoteric knowledge is quite an important theme in conspiracy theories.
- Butler's report will be full of esoteric recommendations about working practices inside government.
- Now all such esoteric knowledge is regarded as suspect, as somehow unjust.
- When so few people have been encouraged to learn trades, the special skills involved in them become esoteric.
- While much of the text would be too esoteric for all but the art-history scholar, it does raise broader questions.
- Every illicit drug now has its own subculture, with its own esoteric knowledge, its own rituals and its own argot.
- Gibson's comments on the use of non-standard or esoteric English are particularly wise.
- He taught mathematics not as some esoteric mystery, but as practical common sense.
- The poems show his erudition to be wide, his historical knowledge sometimes esoteric.
- Smell, our seemingly most primitive sense, is often linked to spiritual or esoteric ideas.
- His adored father was a more or less failed Swiss pastor, a melancholic man of esoteric interests.
- Deep, hidden or esoteric meanings of the text are rejected in favour of its plain meaning.
- The Left makes incredibly esoteric distinctions based on the motives of the social planners doing the killing.
- This has led him to an interest in the esoteric world of art restoration.
- Why did what was formerly seen as an esoteric cultural theory go from the margins of academia to the mainstream of public debate?
Synonyms abstruse, obscure, arcane, recherché, rarefied, recondite, abstract, difficult, hard, puzzling, perplexing, enigmatic, inscrutable, cryptic, delphic
OriginMid 17th century: from Greek esōterikos, from esōterō, comparative of esō ‘within’, from es, eis ‘into’. Compare with exoteric. |