exotericadj.n.

/ɛksəʊˈtɛrɪk/

Etymology: < late Latin exōtericus, < Greek ἐξωτερικός, < ἐξωτέρω, comparative of ἔξω outside.

A. adj.

a. Pertaining to the outside; external. Now only with some allusion to sense A. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adjective]

outwardeOE

outwithc1225

outa1300

outermorea1425

withoutforthc1503

exterial1528

outforth?1541

butc1570

exterior1570

extrinsical1594

extrinsic1613

externala1616

outside1634

exoteric1662

extern1666

1662 H. More Gen. Coll. Philos. Writings Pref. (1662) p. vi An Exoterick Fence or exteriour Fortification about Theologie.

1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ in Wks. (1825) III. 127 This motive appears to have been always exoteric, viz. a love of order and tranquillity.

1808 W. Scott Autobiogr. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) I. 50 All the knights and ladies and dragons and giants in their outward and exoteric sense.

1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer II. 60 Charged with the exoteric and material parts of several..functions.

b. Physiology. ‘Applied to those periodic, vital phenomena, which result from causes external to, and independent of, the organism.’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1884).

ΚΠ

1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci.

2. Of philosophical doctrines, treatises, modes of speech, etc.: Designed for or suitable to the generality of disciples; communicated to outsiders, intelligible to the public. Hence of disciples, etc.: Belonging to the outer circle; not admitted to the esoteric teaching. Of an author: Dealing with ordinary topics; commonplace, simple. Opposed to esoteric adj. and n., see for the history of the words.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > [adjective] > generally intelligible

popular1573

exoterical1637

vulgar1643

exoteric1656

simplified1772

popularized1839

while-you-wait1929

pop1956

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. vi. 11 The discourse and doctrine which he [sc. Aristotle] delivered to his Disciples was of two kinds. One he called Exoterick.

1742 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 3) I. iii. iii. 363 He divided his Disciples into two Classes; the one he called the Esoteric, the other, the Exoteric.

a1754 H. Fielding Comm. Bolingbroke's Ess. in Jrnl. Voy. Lisbon (1755) 208 Rescuing the esoteric purity of his doctrines from that less amiable appearance in which their exoteric garb represents them.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 478 These two classes [sc. the adept and the vulgar] must be addressed in two different languages, the esoteric and the exoteric.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1763 I. 228 With an air of superiority, like that of an esoterick over an exoterick disciple of a sage of antiquity.

1845 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. II. 41 Plato, like Pythagoras, had exoteric and esoteric opinions.

1870 R. C. Jebb Sophocles' Electra (ed. 2) 44/2 As if Apollo were an exoteric name for the Sun.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 153 In mind and temperament too exoteric for a mystic.

3. transferred.

a. Current among the outside public; popular, ordinary, prevailing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > general or prevalent

commona1325

generala1393

usual1396

popular?a1425

riveda1513

vulgarc1550

current1563

afloat1571

widespread1582

penny-rife1606

catholic1607

spacious1610

epidemical1614

epidemial1616

epidemic1617

prevailent1623

regnant1623

fashionablea1627

wide-spreading1655

endemical1658

prevalent1658

endemiala1682

obtaining1682

prevailing1682

endemious1684

sterling1696

running1697

(as) common as dirt (also muck)1737

prevailant1794

exoteric1814

endemic1852

widish1864

prolate1882

going1909

1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage IV. xxxvi. 76 This..exoteric practice goes on..to this hour among literary performers.

1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets iii. 6 Such..is the exoteric public conviction about these sublime establishments in Downing Street.

b. Qualifying a personal epithet: That is such exoterically, or with regard to his popular utterances.

ΚΠ

1876 A. M. Fairbairn Strauss 11 Strauss had hardly the stuff in him to be an exoteric Conservative while an esoteric Radical.

B. n.

1. plural (after Greek τὰ ἐξωτερικά) Exoteric doctrines; exoteric treatises.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > [noun] > suitable material

exoterics1755

1755 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) II. iii. iii. 93 In his exoterics, he gave the world both a beginning and an end.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 81 Our exoterics will run directly opposite to our esoterics.

2. An uninitiated person, an outsider.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider

fremdc950

guestc950

althedyOE

allophyleOE

uncoutha1250

strangea1325

alienc1384

barbarc1384

barbarync1384

strangerc1385

barbaric1388

foreigna1399

outland?a1400

farandman14..

out-comelingc1400

foreigner1422

alienar1473

alienate1497

estrangec1503

new face?a1513

barbarianc1550

fremman1568

frenne1579

estranger1586

inmatea1600

outlier1606

outcomer1607

externc1610

exoteric1697

outner1721

outsider1800

unco1800

inconnu1807

outrigger1850

offcome1859

ringer1896

offcomer1898

shenzi1910

out-grouper1938

outworlder1948

1697 State Philadelphia Society 19 The Philadelphians have many things to say that cannot be declared among the Exotericks.

1824 T. B. Macaulay Crit. Ital. Writers in Misc. Writ. & Sp. (1889) 51 I am an exoteric—utterly unable to explain the mysteries of this new poetical faith.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	exoteric
释义	exotericadj.n. /ɛksəʊˈtɛrɪk/ Etymology: < late Latin exōtericus, < Greek ἐξωτερικός, < ἐξωτέρω, comparative of ἔξω outside. A. adj. 1. a. Pertaining to the outside; external. Now only with some allusion to sense A. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adjective] outwardeOE outwithc1225 outa1300 outermorea1425 withoutforthc1503 exterial1528 outforth?1541 butc1570 exterior1570 extrinsical1594 extrinsic1613 externala1616 outside1634 exoteric1662 extern1666 1662 H. More Gen. Coll. Philos. Writings Pref. (1662) p. vi An Exoterick Fence or exteriour Fortification about Theologie. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ in Wks. (1825) III. 127 This motive appears to have been always exoteric, viz. a love of order and tranquillity. 1808 W. Scott Autobiogr. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) I. 50 All the knights and ladies and dragons and giants in their outward and exoteric sense. 1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer II. 60 Charged with the exoteric and material parts of several..functions. b. Physiology. ‘Applied to those periodic, vital phenomena, which result from causes external to, and independent of, the organism.’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1884). ΚΠ 1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. 2. Of philosophical doctrines, treatises, modes of speech, etc.: Designed for or suitable to the generality of disciples; communicated to outsiders, intelligible to the public. Hence of disciples, etc.: Belonging to the outer circle; not admitted to the esoteric teaching. Of an author: Dealing with ordinary topics; commonplace, simple. Opposed to esoteric adj. and n., see for the history of the words. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > [adjective] > generally intelligible popular1573 exoterical1637 vulgar1643 exoteric1656 simplified1772 popularized1839 while-you-wait1929 pop1956 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. vi. 11 The discourse and doctrine which he [sc. Aristotle] delivered to his Disciples was of two kinds. One he called Exoterick. 1742 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 3) I. iii. iii. 363 He divided his Disciples into two Classes; the one he called the Esoteric, the other, the Exoteric. a1754 H. Fielding Comm. Bolingbroke's Ess. in Jrnl. Voy. Lisbon (1755) 208 Rescuing the esoteric purity of his doctrines from that less amiable appearance in which their exoteric garb represents them. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 478 These two classes [sc. the adept and the vulgar] must be addressed in two different languages, the esoteric and the exoteric. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1763 I. 228 With an air of superiority, like that of an esoterick over an exoterick disciple of a sage of antiquity. 1845 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. II. 41 Plato, like Pythagoras, had exoteric and esoteric opinions. 1870 R. C. Jebb Sophocles' Electra (ed. 2) 44/2 As if Apollo were an exoteric name for the Sun. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 153 In mind and temperament too exoteric for a mystic. 3. transferred. a. Current among the outside public; popular, ordinary, prevailing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > general or prevalent commona1325 generala1393 usual1396 popular?a1425 riveda1513 vulgarc1550 current1563 afloat1571 widespread1582 penny-rife1606 catholic1607 spacious1610 epidemical1614 epidemial1616 epidemic1617 prevailent1623 regnant1623 fashionablea1627 wide-spreading1655 endemical1658 prevalent1658 endemiala1682 obtaining1682 prevailing1682 endemious1684 sterling1696 running1697 (as) common as dirt (also muck)1737 prevailant1794 exoteric1814 endemic1852 widish1864 prolate1882 going1909 1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage IV. xxxvi. 76 This..exoteric practice goes on..to this hour among literary performers. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets iii. 6 Such..is the exoteric public conviction about these sublime establishments in Downing Street. b. Qualifying a personal epithet: That is such exoterically, or with regard to his popular utterances. ΚΠ 1876 A. M. Fairbairn Strauss 11 Strauss had hardly the stuff in him to be an exoteric Conservative while an esoteric Radical. B. n. 1. plural (after Greek τὰ ἐξωτερικά) Exoteric doctrines; exoteric treatises. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > [noun] > suitable material exoterics1755 1755 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) II. iii. iii. 93 In his exoterics, he gave the world both a beginning and an end. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 81 Our exoterics will run directly opposite to our esoterics. 2. An uninitiated person, an outsider. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider fremdc950 guestc950 althedyOE allophyleOE uncoutha1250 strangea1325 alienc1384 barbarc1384 barbarync1384 strangerc1385 barbaric1388 foreigna1399 outland?a1400 farandman14.. out-comelingc1400 foreigner1422 alienar1473 alienate1497 estrangec1503 new face?a1513 barbarianc1550 fremman1568 frenne1579 estranger1586 inmatea1600 outlier1606 outcomer1607 externc1610 exoteric1697 outner1721 outsider1800 unco1800 inconnu1807 outrigger1850 offcome1859 ringer1896 offcomer1898 shenzi1910 out-grouper1938 outworlder1948 1697 State Philadelphia Society 19 The Philadelphians have many things to say that cannot be declared among the Exotericks. 1824 T. B. Macaulay Crit. Ital. Writers in Misc. Writ. & Sp. (1889) 51 I am an exoteric—utterly unable to explain the mysteries of this new poetical faith. 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