Usually means: Known by a select few.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word esoteric:

General (34 matching dictionaries)
  1. esoteric: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. esoteric: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. esoteric: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. esoteric: Collins English Dictionary
  5. esoteric: Vocabulary.com
  6. Esoteric, esoteric: Wordnik
  7. esoteric: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. esoteric: Wiktionary
  9. esoteric: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. esoteric: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Esoteric, esoteric: Dictionary.com
  12. esoteric: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. esoteric: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Esoteric (album), Esoteric (band), Esoteric (disambiguation), Esoteric (rapper), Esoteric, The Esoteric: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Esoteric: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. esoteric: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. esoteric: Rhymezone
  18. Esoteric: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. esoteric: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. esoteric: Free Dictionary
  21. esoteric: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. esoteric: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. esoteric: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. esoteric: Infoplease Dictionary
  25. Esoteric: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. esoteric: Legal dictionary

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)
  2. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. esoteric: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See esoterically as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.
adjective:  Having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical and without obvious practical application; often with mystical or religious connotations.
adjective:  Confidential; private.
noun:  An esoteric doctrine or treatise; esoteric philosophy.
noun:  One who believes, or is an initiate, in esoteric doctrines or rites.

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