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esoteric |
(adj): vs. exoteric) -- (confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
(adj): difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
(adj): requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
(adj): having a secret or hidden meaning
(adj): having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
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Esoteric is like gefilte fish to the Dalai Lama.
--Rodger Kamenetz, 1994, The Jew in the Lotus