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esotericintended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˌesəˈterɪk/

Korean meaning: 소수의 전문가만 이해할 수 있는, 난해한, 심오한

Korean pronunciation: 에소**테**릭

Example Sentences

  • My roommate's esoteric hobby of collecting vintage calculator manuals is beyond my understanding.
  • The CEO's esoteric management theories confused even the senior executives.
  • She spoke in esoteric terms about cryptocurrency that made my head spin.

esoteric

ADJECTIVE

//ˌesəˈterɪk//

intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest

esoteric concept
💡 Concept

Knowledge only experts can understand

esoteric rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Esoteric wisdom turns students hysteric in the atmospheric mystic!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˌesəˈterɪk/
🇬🇧 UK/ˌiːsəˈterɪk/

🌳Etymology

Rootesoter
Suffix--ic

Origin

From Greek 'esoterikos' meaning 'inner' or 'belonging to an inner circle,' derived from 'esotero' (inner/within). The word originally referred to teachings meant only for initiated disciples of ancient philosophers like Pythagoras and Plato.

🎵Rhyme

hystericatmosphericgeneric
hysteric
atmospheric
generic

🔗Collocations

esoteric knowledge
esoteric subject
esoteric philosophy
esoteric teachings
esoteric research

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My roommate's esoteric hobby of collecting vintage calculator manuals is beyond my understanding.

The CEO's esoteric management theories confused even the senior executives.

😄 Fun example

She spoke in esoteric terms about cryptocurrency that made my head spin.

The esoteric nature of the academic paper made it inaccessible to general readers.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

obscurearcaneabstrusereconditecryptic

Antonyms

accessibleclearobvious

Related

mysticalspecializedscholarlyprofound

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