Esoteric
adjective
Understood by or intended for only a small number of people with special knowledge or interest.
The book is filled with esoteric information that might not appeal to the general reader.
Often appears as...
- esoteric knowledge
- esoteric teachings
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Confined to a small group.
The meeting was an esoteric gathering of financial wizards.
Often appears as...
- esoteric group
- esoteric gathering
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Formal
adjective
Very obscure and experimental.
Her esoteric tastes in fine art puzzled her friends.
Often appears as...
- esoteric tastes
- esoteric style
adjective
Understood by or intended for only a small number of people with special knowledge or interest.
The book is filled with esoteric information that might not appeal to the general reader.
Often appears as...
- esoteric knowledge
- esoteric teachings
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Confined to a small group.
The meeting was an esoteric gathering of financial wizards.
Often appears as...
- esoteric group
- esoteric gathering
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Very obscure and experimental.
Her esoteric tastes in fine art puzzled her friends.
Often appears as...
- esoteric tastes
- esoteric style
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Specialized Topics
Esoteric often describes knowledge that requires specific training or education to understand.
His esoteric expertise in medieval literature won him the teaching position.
Pro Tip 2/3Narrow Audience
If something is esoteric, it's not designed for the broad public but for a particular group of enthusiasts.
The seminar catered to an esoteric audience of ancient language scholars.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Mainstream
Use it for ideas or works that are not commonly known or popular in mainstream culture.
She enjoys music from esoteric genres that rarely play on the radio.
Pro Tip 1/3Specialized Topics
Esoteric often describes knowledge that requires specific training or education to understand.
His esoteric expertise in medieval literature won him the teaching position.
Pro Tip 2/3Narrow Audience
If something is esoteric, it's not designed for the broad public but for a particular group of enthusiasts.
The seminar catered to an esoteric audience of ancient language scholars.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Mainstream
Use it for ideas or works that are not commonly known or popular in mainstream culture.
She enjoys music from esoteric genres that rarely play on the radio.
Pro Tip 1/3Specialized Topics
Esoteric often describes knowledge that requires specific training or education to understand.
His esoteric expertise in medieval literature won him the teaching position.
Pro Tip 2/3Narrow Audience
If something is esoteric, it's not designed for the broad public but for a particular group of enthusiasts.
The seminar catered to an esoteric audience of ancient language scholars.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Mainstream
Use it for ideas or works that are not commonly known or popular in mainstream culture.
She enjoys music from esoteric genres that rarely play on the radio.
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Elk Conservation in...
so out of our reach what are a couple things that people can do at home to kind of help not only just the animals here that are migrating but just animals throughout the world aren't migrating I'm gonna get a little philosophical alright get philosophical let's do it get a little esoteric here I do have a
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The radical possibilities...
that maybe the molecules of life aren't that special maybe life as we know it isn't the only way it could be maybe we're not the only solution maybe not even the best so just a solution these questions address fundamental issues about life but maybe they seem a little esoteric so what
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Courtney Martin:...
and then promptly reclaiming it. Feminism was the water I grew up in. When I was just a little girl, my mom started what is now the longest-running women's film festival in the world. So while other kids were watching sitcoms and cartoons, I was watching very esoteric documentaries
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Demystifying quantum...
work that way that's very flattering to nerds like me but it's just not true science is an esoteric knowledge science is a process for figuring out the world you look at the world you think of why it might work that way you test your theory with experiments and observations
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A delightful way to...
And they don't know that they are not supposed to like computers. It's the parents who do. It's us parents who feel like computer science is this esoteric, weird science discipline that only belongs to the mystery makers. That it's almost as far removed from everyday life
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Stroke of insight - Jill...
machine having the experience to some esoteric space where I'm witnessing myself having this experience there was all very peculiar and my headache was just getting worse so I get off the machine and I'm walking across my living room floor and I realized that
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How I'm discovering the...
is only part of the solution. The technology is expensive and very rare, and the imaging and image processing skills are esoteric. That means that mounting recoveries is beyond the reach of most researchers and all but the wealthiest institutions.
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Thomas P. Campbell:...
esoteric subject, in a way that retains the integrity of the subject, that makes it -- unpacks it for a general audience. And that, to me, today, is now the challenge and the fun of my job, supporting the vision of my curators,
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Palenque and the Ancient...
but they're characterizing this beginning um point of his reign where you know he is building the palace and he's reconquering lands that Palenque had lost previously but there couching this history and very esoteric religious
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Onward: Hawaii Botanist...
esoteric to some people it's just because they're there is enough for me I hate to use cliches like the plague but extinction is forever they're part of the species of this planet of these
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Elk Conservation in...
so out of our reach what are a couple things that people can do at home to kind of help not only just the animals here that are migrating but just animals throughout the world aren't migrating I'm gonna get a little philosophical alright get philosophical let's do it get a little esoteric here I do have a
Video examples
The radical possibilities...
that maybe the molecules of life aren't that special maybe life as we know it isn't the only way it could be maybe we're not the only solution maybe not even the best so just a solution these questions address fundamental issues about life but maybe they seem a little esoteric so what
Video examples
Courtney Martin:...
and then promptly reclaiming it. Feminism was the water I grew up in. When I was just a little girl, my mom started what is now the longest-running women's film festival in the world. So while other kids were watching sitcoms and cartoons, I was watching very esoteric documentaries
Video examples
Demystifying quantum...
work that way that's very flattering to nerds like me but it's just not true science is an esoteric knowledge science is a process for figuring out the world you look at the world you think of why it might work that way you test your theory with experiments and observations
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A delightful way to...
And they don't know that they are not supposed to like computers. It's the parents who do. It's us parents who feel like computer science is this esoteric, weird science discipline that only belongs to the mystery makers. That it's almost as far removed from everyday life
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Stroke of insight - Jill...
machine having the experience to some esoteric space where I'm witnessing myself having this experience there was all very peculiar and my headache was just getting worse so I get off the machine and I'm walking across my living room floor and I realized that
Video examples
How I'm discovering the...
is only part of the solution. The technology is expensive and very rare, and the imaging and image processing skills are esoteric. That means that mounting recoveries is beyond the reach of most researchers and all but the wealthiest institutions.
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Thomas P. Campbell:...
esoteric subject, in a way that retains the integrity of the subject, that makes it -- unpacks it for a general audience. And that, to me, today, is now the challenge and the fun of my job, supporting the vision of my curators,
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Palenque and the Ancient...
but they're characterizing this beginning um point of his reign where you know he is building the palace and he's reconquering lands that Palenque had lost previously but there couching this history and very esoteric religious
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Onward: Hawaii Botanist...
esoteric to some people it's just because they're there is enough for me I hate to use cliches like the plague but extinction is forever they're part of the species of this planet of these
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Virginia Postrel
American Writer
Most of us cluster somewhere in the middle of most statistical distributions. But there are lots of bell curves, and pretty much everyone is on a tail of at least one of them. We may collect strange memorabilia or read esoteric books, hold unusual religious beliefs or wear odd-sized shoes, suffer rare diseases or enjoy obscure movies.
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Alice Roberts
English Scientist
The science of being healthy is well-known. It is not esoteric. There are no magic bullets. If you want to live a long life, we've known the answers for more than a hundred years. It's a wide-ranging diet with as much fruit and veg as you can stuff into yourself, and plenty of exercise. It doesn't even matter what kind of exercise.
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Lawrence Wright
American Author
People love to talk about the things that are important to them, but oftentimes as a journalist, if you're entering a world that's pretty esoteric and difficult to penetrate and has many barriers to outsiders, then the people inside that world just don't have the same language as you do.
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Mary Lou Jepsen
American Businesswoman
I took on the math-intensive art form of holography and, in my early 20s, traveled the world, living on university fellowships to pursue this esoteric craft. I didn't date much, really - perhaps because I didn't have many hormones, though I didn't know that at the time.
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Saul Williams
American Musician
Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.
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Julia Holter
American Musician
I take music very seriously, but it's important to me that my music is - I don't know if 'intuitive' is the word, but there's a really important element of something kind of mysterious. It's not academic or esoteric.
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Damian Loeb
American Artist
If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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Julia Cameron
American Author
I believe that when we ask to be led, we are led, and there's nothing too small or esoteric for spiritual help.
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Keith Richards
English Musician
You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
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Christoph Waltz
Austrian Actor
You know, I don't support esoteric approaches to acting.
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Virginia Postrel
American Writer
Most of us cluster somewhere in the middle of most statistical distributions. But there are lots of bell curves, and pretty much everyone is on a tail of at least one of them. We may collect strange memorabilia or read esoteric books, hold unusual religious beliefs or wear odd-sized shoes, suffer rare diseases or enjoy obscure movies.
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Alice Roberts
English Scientist
The science of being healthy is well-known. It is not esoteric. There are no magic bullets. If you want to live a long life, we've known the answers for more than a hundred years. It's a wide-ranging diet with as much fruit and veg as you can stuff into yourself, and plenty of exercise. It doesn't even matter what kind of exercise.
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Lawrence Wright
American Author
People love to talk about the things that are important to them, but oftentimes as a journalist, if you're entering a world that's pretty esoteric and difficult to penetrate and has many barriers to outsiders, then the people inside that world just don't have the same language as you do.
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Mary Lou Jepsen
American Businesswoman
I took on the math-intensive art form of holography and, in my early 20s, traveled the world, living on university fellowships to pursue this esoteric craft. I didn't date much, really - perhaps because I didn't have many hormones, though I didn't know that at the time.
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Saul Williams
American Musician
Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.
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Julia Holter
American Musician
I take music very seriously, but it's important to me that my music is - I don't know if 'intuitive' is the word, but there's a really important element of something kind of mysterious. It's not academic or esoteric.
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Damian Loeb
American Artist
If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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Julia Cameron
American Author
I believe that when we ask to be led, we are led, and there's nothing too small or esoteric for spiritual help.
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Keith Richards
English Musician
You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
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Christoph Waltz
Austrian Actor
You know, I don't support esoteric approaches to acting.
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