(a.) 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 the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric.
Example Sentences:
(1) Underlying many criticisms of medical ethics is the failure to realize that medical ethics as such is not a reform movement or an effort to inspire moral behavior, that it is not and cannot be a specialist's body of esoteric knowledge, that it requires facts and conceptual analyses from other fields to do its work, and that value arguments can be carried farther than one generally expects.
(2) Our current understanding of these disease processes is discussed in an effort to review the current status of both the mundane and the esoteric infections of the kidney.
(3) The soundtrack is supplied by vinyl rotating on vintage record players, a gumball machine dispenses yellow, black and white gobstoppers, and the room is surveilled by the beady eyes of esoteric taxidermy that includes a peacock in full plume and a splendid Himalayan wild goat grazing among the soft seating.
(4) Bush's fantastical lyrics, influenced by children's literature, esoteric mystical knowledge, daydreams and the lore and legends of old Albion, seemed irrelevant, and deficient in street-cred at a time of tower-block social realism and agit-prop.
(5) Despite a slightly esoteric focus on the importance of adobe housing, House of Earth also includes graphic sex, including "a scorching lovemaking scene on a hay bale".
(6) From small and relatively esoteric fields 15 or 20 years ago, both have grown enormously.
(7) She reels off esoteric book recommendations ("I just devoured this great book about the mistaken theories of pre-historic sexuality.
(8) It is seen as the province of an elite, using obscure language and esoteric skills with no obvious connection with the world of nursing; in particular, it involves statistics.
(9) Whatever else may be happening in music, they doggedly pursue their own esoteric fascinations and Tomorrow's Harvest is their most haunting album yet.
(10) The curative use of opaque, esoteric formulae is widely reported; Tobelo also have a specialized speech I call 'neo-Ternatese' used for this purpose.
(11) A medicolegal autopsy protocol must serve as something more than an esoteric scientific document.
(12) In a field dominated by big brains and even bigger egos, each mining their own esoteric field, Markram's big data approach to experimental neuroscience represents a cultural revolution.
(13) Far from being some bizarre esoteric theory, intersectionality is alive and kicking all around us, and not just in exclusive ivory tower gender studies clubs.
(14) No longer do image macros and hashtags exist merely as esoteric in-jokes to amuse bored teenagers and social media managers.
(15) It may also be used to meet the sometimes esoteric needs of the researcher, the unique needs of the teacher, or the preferential needs of other individual recorders.
(16) The heirs - directly or indirectly - to an esoteric "moslem" knowledge which has been transmitted since the XVth century by the aristocratic islamized groups, the medicine-men are also the possessors of a knowledge which has been acquired by the autochthonous groups, that are said "masters of the earth" (commoners).
(17) Perhaps the church perceived these women, with their special, often esoteric, healing skills, as a threat to its supremacy in the lives of its parishioners.
(18) Finally, contrary to widespread opinion, few candidates fail on the basis of poor answers to what have been described as more esoteric questions.
(19) The group is thought to overlap with neo-Nazis, adherents of conspiracy theories and other esoteric beliefs.
(20) Investments, whether in stocks and shares, property or in more esoteric assets like commodities, are another matter.
Exotic
Definition:
(a.) Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.
(n.) Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom.
Example Sentences:
(1) The global black market in animal and plants, sold as food, traditional medicines and exotic pets, is worth billions and sees an estimated 350 million specimens traded every year.
(2) This year, the main beneficiaries appear to be Salmon Fishing in the Yemen , which has three nominations, including for its two leads Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt, and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which scored two, including its lead Judi Dench.
(3) Does it really want to be a country associated with ‘execution island’ rather than the exotic beaches it was once famed for?
(4) A case is here reported of a 35 year old woman with a history of urticaria following anti-tetanus serum and penicillin injections, who frequently ate exotic fruit, and who was intolerant to alcohol.
(5) The results indicate that extra-specific embryo transfer may be a useful aid to breeding exotic equids in captivity.
(6) Five items involved beliefs about exotic phenomena or philosophical ideas.
(7) The pituitaries of the exotic carp (Carassius carassius) are studied at the light microscopic level, for the characterization of the adenohypophysial cell-types with particular emphasis to the gonadotropic potency of the pituitary in relation to the annual reproductive patterns.
(8) Newly arrived in London from upstate New York, Ruthie remembers Rose, who was 10 years older, as bohemian, exotic and exciting, bursting with energy, despite the three young children in tow.
(9) Hugh Bonneville, who plays Lord Grantham, recently appeared in the Paddington film and Maggie Smith was in the Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, along with Penelope Wilton .
(10) Any Grand Designs fan expecting another of the exotic creations featured in the programme will be disappointed.
(11) Following the development of this comparatively simple device, there has been a succession of increasingly, electrically exotic, electrocardiographs, none of which surpass the original Einthoven instrument in recording accuracy.
(12) They come to see how exotic we are.” Preserving the favela’s culture concerns residents.
(13) The prevention of an introduction of an exotic disease and the control of one subsequent to an introduction will require the attention, cooperation, and support of the livestock industry, regulatory agencies, and researchers.
(14) Principally, there was the legal conflict with actor James Woods, who in 1988 accused her of exotic harassments including leaving a disfigured doll outside his home in Beverly Hills.
(15) Exotic and zoo animal behaviors are also presented by experts in these fields.
(16) Sure, she has large fangs tucked into her soft underside, but she’s docile and exotic.
(17) Nor are they exotic Mafia hits like the killing of Castellano; these are low-level whackings, often linked to squabbles over drugs.
(18) Many others--including most exotic diseases and some that are regulated by governmental agencies, such as tuberculosis and brucellosis--have been omitted.
(19) Gothic began with exotic locales set in the distant past; one of the Victorian period's innovations was to draw this alien otherness back to Britain itself, to the here and now.
(20) Occasionally, I have been invited to try exotic meats, ostrich say, or kangaroo or alligator.