exotérico
See also: exoterico
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin exōtericus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτερῐκός (exōterĭkós).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.zoˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.zoˈtɛ.ɾi.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.zuˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/, /e.zɔˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/
- Rhymes: -ɛɾiku
- Homophone: esotérico
- Hyphenation: e‧xo‧té‧ri‧co
Adjective
exotérico (feminine exotérica, masculine plural exotéricos, feminine plural exotéricas)
- exoteric (said of a philosophical doctrine intended to be expounded in public)
- Antonym: esotérico
- common, vulgar
- Antonym: esotérico
Usage notes
The words exotérico and esotérico, despite being antonyms, are homophones in Portuguese. In order to differentiate them, the former might be pronounced with /ks/ rather than /z/.
Further reading
- “exotérico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “exotérico” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “exotérico”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “exotérico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “exotérico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “exotérico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exōtericus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτερικός (exōterikós), from ἐξωτέρω (exōtérō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡsoˈteɾiko/ [eɣ̞.soˈt̪e.ɾi.ko]
- Rhymes: -eɾiko
- Syllabification: e‧xo‧té‧ri‧co
Adjective
exotérico (feminine exotérica, masculine plural exotéricos, feminine plural exotéricas)
Further reading
- “exotérico”, 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