esotericism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English esoteric Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English esotericism From esoteric + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The tendency to promote or desire the esoteric.
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.
2002, Dave Hill, Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theory, page 257:
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(countable, uncountable) Doctrines or practices of esoteric knowledge.
Near-synonym: woo woo
Western esotericism
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| esotericisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Relateds
esoterica · exoterism · esoterism
Synonyms
Translations (11)
fi esoterismi (doctrines or practices) · cmn 秘傳 /秘传 (doctrines or practices) · de Esoterik (tendency) · de Esoterik (doctrines or practices) · fi esoteerisuus (tendency) · nl esoterie (tendency) · kk жасырын ілім (doctrines or practices) · nl esoterisme (doctrines or practices) · nl esoterisme (tendency) · nl esoterie (doctrines or practices) · he אזוטריקה (doctrines or practices)