Esoteric

esoteric







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a. (形容詞 adjective)



          1.    祕傳的,難理解的

          2.    限於圈內人的

          3.    隱密的





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–adjective 

1. understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite (深奧的;學問等不易懂的): 



[poetry] full of esoteric allusions.  



2. belonging to the select few. 

3. private; secret; confidential. 

4. (of a philosophical doctrine or the like) intended to be revealed only to the initiates of a group: the esoteric doctrines of Pythagoras. (畢達哥拉斯)



—Synonyms 

1. abstruse (深奧的), arcane, cryptic, enigmatic.





　"Wings of Desire" is one of those films movie critics are accused of liking because it's esoteric and difficult. "Nothing happens but it takes two hours and there's a lot of complex symbolism," complains a Web-based critic named Peter van der Linden. 





see opacity conundrum 

enigma crypto- arcane allude