esotérico

Borrowed from French ésotérique, 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”).

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

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 Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “esotérico”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “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, 2003–2025
• “esotérico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “esotérico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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/ [e.soˈt̪e.ɾi.ko]

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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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024