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esoteric 音標拼音: [ ,ɛsət'ɛrɪk] [ ,ɛsot'ɛrɪk] a. 秘教的,奧秘的,秘傳的 秘教的,奧秘的,秘傳的 esoteric adj 1: confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; " a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories" [ ant: { exoteric}] 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.]
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.] 155 Moby Thesaurus words for " esoteric": 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intimate, intrinsic, inward, inwrought, irreducible, latent, lurking, metaphysic, minute, muffled, mysterious, mystic, not for publication, noteworthy, numinous, obfuscated, obscured, occult, off the record, otherworldly, particular, personal, possible, potential, precise, preterhuman,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
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