Meaning and example
confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
A compilation of esoteric philosophical theories
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 1.293 places esoteric in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 90.6% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 90.6%
place side by side
- Known by
- 90.7%
harsh criticism or disapproval
- Known by
- 90.5%
capacity or power to produce a desired effect
- Known by
- 90.8%
any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
- Known by
- 90.2%
(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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