Esotericism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Esotericism is a noun meaning The tendency to promote or desire the esoteric.
Meaning
The tendency to promote or desire the esoteric.
More Meanings
- (philosophy) Doctrines or practices of esoteric knowledge.
Example Sentences
Western esotericism
Near-synonym: woo woo
Derridean "messianicity without messianism" that marks so much of post-modernist educational theorizing today, and that makes use of esotericism, sigetics, acroamatics, proleptics, and illocutionary and perlocutionary acts in the disguise of a new pedagogy of the unknowable, wasn't the answer ten years ago.
Word Forms
- esotericisms
Antonyms for esotericism
Common opposites include exotericism.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include esoteric, esoterism, esoterica, esotery, esoterics, esoterogeny.
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