Esoteric
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Esoteric means "hidden", "for the few", or "for the 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 "mystical".