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Adjective: esoteric  ,e-su'te-rik [N. Amer], ,ee-su'te-rik or ,e-su'te-rik [Brit]
  1. Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
    "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"

See also: abstruse, arcane, cabalistic, cabbalistic, cryptic, cryptical, deep, kabbalistic, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, private, qabalistic, recondite, secret, sibylline

Antonym: exoteric

Encyclopedia: Esoteric

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