esotérico

From Ancient Greek ἐσωτερικός (esōterikós, “belonging to an inner circle”), from ἐσωτέρω (esōtérō, “further inside”), comparative of ἔσω (ésō, “within”), from ἐς (es), εἰς (eis, “into”).

• Hyphenation: e‧so‧té‧ri‧co
• Homophone: exotérico

esotérico (feminine esotérica, masculine plural esotéricos, feminine plural esotéricas)

1. (philosophy, etc.) esoteric
   1. understood only by a chosen few or an enlightened inner circle

      Antonym: exotérico

   2. having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical

The words esotérico and exotérico, despite being antonyms, are homophones in Portuguese.

• “esotérico”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “esotérico”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “esotérico” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “esotérico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “esotérico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “esotérico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐσωτερικός (esōterikós, “belonging to an inner circle”), from ἐσωτέρω (esōtérō, “further inside”), comparative of ἔσω (ésō, “within”), from ἐς (es), εἰς (eis, “into”).

• IPA^(key): /esoˈteɾiko/

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• Rhymes: -eɾiko
• Syllabification: e‧so‧té‧ri‧co

esotérico (feminine esotérica, masculine plural esotéricos, feminine plural esotéricas)

1. (philosophy, etc.) esoteric

• “esotérico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014