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English to English adjective
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confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle |  | Example: a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories
source: wordnet30
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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. |  | source: webster1913
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Marked by secrecy or privacy; private; select; confidential; as, an esoteric purpose; an esoteric meeting. |  | source: webster1913 noun
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An esoteric doctrine or treatise; esoteric philosophy; esoterics. |  | source: webster1913
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