What does arcane mean?
Arcane means Understood by only a few..
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/ɑɹˈkeɪn/ · adjective
Understood by only a few..
arcane rituals
arcane knowledge
The professor’s lecture was full of arcane references.
The manuscript contained arcane symbols no one could decipher.
He had an arcane knowledge of ancient rituals.
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1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 67, The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was guessing and interpreting, not observing or demonstrating.
Use arcane when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Arcane means Understood by only a few..
Common synonyms include arcane, dark, enigmatic, esoteric.
Possible antonyms include accessible, exoteric, irrecondite, nonesoteric.
arcane rituals
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