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'''Esoteric''' means "hidden", "for the few", or "for the ''[[Elitism|elite]]''" or inner circle, the extraordinary or special, reserved; as distinct from ''exoteric'' meaning "open, exposed", "for the many", or "for the [[common]] people", the masses or the mob, the crowds, the ordinary.

'''Esoteric''' means "hidden", "for the few", or "for the ''[[Elitism|elite]]''" or inner circle, the extraordinary or special, reserved; as distinct from ''exoteric'' meaning "open, exposed", "for the many", or "for the [[common]] people", the masses or the mob, the crowds, the ordinary.

The word is sometimes used as a [[synonym]] for "complicated", "complex", "highly technical", "advanced knowledge", "unnecessarily confusing", "difficult or impossible to understand", "generally obscure" and "[[Mysticism|mystical]]".

The word is sometimes used as a [[synonym]] for "complicated", "complex", "highly technical", "advanced knowledge", "unnecessarily confusing", "difficult or impossible to understand", "generally obscure", and "[[Mysticism|mystical]]".

 

Esotericism, the belief in and study of esoteric [[Spirituality|spiritual matters]], is often mistakenly confused with [[Occult]]ism.

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