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Definition of: esoteric
(es′ə·ter′ik) adjective
1. Confined to a select circle; confidential.
2. Adapted exclusively for the initiated and enlightened few; abstruse; profound: opposed to exoteric. [<Gk. esōterikos inner <esō inside]
—es′o·ter′i·cal·ly adverb
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