English-Thai Dictionary

esoteric

ADJ ซึ่ง ยาก ที่จะ เข้าใจ  abstruse sueng-yak-ti-ja-kao-jai

 

esoteric

ADJ ซึ่ง รู้กัน เพียง ไม่ กี่ คน  ซึ่ง เข้าใจ กัน ใน วงจำกัด  exclusive intimate private sueng-ru-kan-piang-mai-ke-kon

 

esoteric

ADJ เป็นความลับ  ลับสุดยอด  secret occult pen-kwam-lab

 

esoterical

A ที่ ลึกลับ เฉพาะ 

 

esoterically

ADV อย่าง ลึกลับ เฉพาะ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ESOTERIC

a.[Gr. interior, from within. ] Private; an epithet applied to the private instructions and doctrines of Pythagoras; opposed to exoteric, or public.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ESOTERIC

Es `o *ter "ic, a. Etym: [Gr. In. ]

 

Defn: 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. Enough if every age produce two or three critics of this esoteric class, with here and there a reader to understand them. De Quincey.

 

ESOTERICAL

ESOTERICAL Es `o *ter "ic *al, a.

 

Defn: Esoteric.

 

ESOTERICALLY

ESOTERICALLY Es `o *ter "ic *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an esoteric manner.

 

ESOTERICISM

ESOTERICISM Es `o *ter "i *cism, n.

 

Defn: Esoteric doctrine or principles.

 

ESOTERICS

ESOTERICS Es `o *ter "ics, n.

 

Defn: Mysterious or hidden doctrines; secret science.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

esoteric

es o ter ic |ˌesəˈterik ˈˌɛsəˈtɛrɪk | ▶adjective intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest: esoteric philosophical debates. DERIVATIVES es o ter i cal ly |-(ə )lē |adverb, es o ter i cism |-ˈterəˌsizəm |noun, es o ter i cist |-ˈterəsist |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Greek esōterikos, from esōterō, comparative of esō ‘within, ’ from es, eis ‘into. ’ Compare with exoteric .

 

esoterica

es o ter i ca |ˌesəˈterikə ˌɛsəˈtɛrɪkə | ▶noun esoteric or highly specialized subjects or publications. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from Greek esōterika, neuter plural of esōterikos ‘esoteric. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

esoteric

esoteric |ˌɛsəˈtɛrɪk, ˌiːsə -| ▶adjective intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest: esoteric philosophical debates. DERIVATIVES esoterically adverb, esotericism noun, esotericist noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Greek esōterikos, from esōterō, comparative of esō ‘within ’, from es, eis ‘into ’. Compare with exoteric .

 

esoterica

esoterica |ˌɛsəˈtɛrɪkə, ˌiːsə -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] esoteric or highly specialized subjects or publications. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from Greek esōterika, neuter plural of esōterikos ‘esoteric ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

esoteric

esoteric adjective in attendance were more than 50 antiques dealers brimming with esoteric knowledge: abstruse, obscure, arcane, recherché, rarefied, recondite, abstract; enigmatic, inscrutable, cryptic, Delphic; complex, complicated, incomprehensible, opaque, impenetrable, mysterious.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

esoteric

esoteric adjective the question is dominated by esoteric debate: abstruse, obscure, arcane, recherché, rarefied, recondite, abstract, difficult, hard, puzzling, perplexing, enigmatic, inscrutable, cryptic, Delphic; complex, complicated, involved, over /above one's head, incomprehensible, opaque, unfathomable, impenetrable, mysterious, occult, little known, hidden, secret, private, mystic, magical, cabbalistic; rare involuted. ANTONYMS simple; familiar.

 

Spanish Dictionary

esotérico, -ca

esotérico, -ca adjetivo 1 Que está oculto a los sentidos y a la ciencia y solamente es perceptible o asequible por las personas iniciadas :doctrina esotérica; las fórmulas litúrgicas tienen un sentido esotérico; la cábala desarrolla un saber esotérico y misterioso .ANTÓNIMO exotérico .2 Que es incomprensible o difícil de entender :esotéricos mensajes .ANTÓNIMO exotérico .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

esoteric

es o ter ic /èsətérɪk /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈哲学的 宗教的教義などが 〉少数の弟子にだけ伝えられる ; 秘伝の, 秘教的な (↔exoteric ); 難解な, 深遠な ▸ esoteric Buddhism 密教 2 秘密の, 内密の (secret ).è s o t é r i cal ly 副詞