different between exoteric vs acroamatic

English

Etymology

From Latin ex?tericus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (ex?terikós, “external”), adjectival form of ???????? (ex?teros, “outside”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kso?t???k/
• Hyphenation: ex?o?ter?ic
• Rhymes: -?r?k

Adjective

exoteric (comparative more exoteric, superlative most exoteric)

1. Suitable to be imparted to the public without secrecy or other reserves
   • 1823, Thomas De Quincey, Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected (published in London Magazine)

     The foppery of an exoteric, and an esoteric doctrine.
2. (by extension) Accessible; capable of being readily or fully comprehended; or, having an obvious application
   • 1977, Gaynor Jones and Jay Rahn, "Definitions of Popular Music: Recycled," Journal of Aesthetic Education, vol. 11, no. 4. (October), page 81:

     The grouping together of folk and elite might be termed relatively "esoteric", in contrast to the more "exoteric" popular forms.

3. (rare) Public or popular; having wide currency
4. (obsolete) External

Antonyms

• arcane
• esoteric
• exclusive
• cerebral

Derived terms

• exoterical, exoterically
• exotericism

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French exotérique

Adjective

exoteric m or n (feminine singular exoteric?, masculine plural exoterici, feminine and neuter plural exoterice)

1. exoteric

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????????? (akroamatikós, “for hearing only”), from ????????? (akroáomai, “to listen”).

Adjective

acroamatic (comparative more acroamatic, superlative most acroamatic)

1. (rare) Of or related to esoteric knowledge transmitted orally, particularly (historical) applied to the teachings of Aristotle intended only for his disciples as opposed to the exoteric doctrines declaimed in public.
2. Of or related to lectures.
   • 2015, Nils F. Schott, "A Mother to All" in Love and Forgiveness for a More Just World, p. 108, n. 45:

     [Questions] employment here does not mark a shift from the acroamatic (lecture-based) to the erotematic (interrogatory) method, for the answers are not known.

Related terms

• acroamatics