different between exoteric vs esoterica

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /i?.s??t?.??.k?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?.s??t?.??.k?/
• Rhymes: -?r?k?

Noun

esoterica pl (plural only)

1. Things that are esoteric; things that are impractical or specialised.
   • 2002, "Luke Helder's Bad Trip," Time, 20 May,

     Helder was also a visionary given to muddled, passionate harangues on immortality, astral projection and other esoterica.

Related terms

Italian

Adjective

esoterica

1. feminine singular of esoterico

Anagrams

• escoriate, escoterai