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exoteric1650s, from Late Latin exotericus, from Greek exoterikos "external, belonging to the outside," from exotero, comparative of exo (see exo-).
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exotericOuter.
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exoteric(adj) suitable for the general public
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exoterica philosophical doctrine, mode of speech, designed for or intelligible to outsiders
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exoteric
Suitable to be imparted to the public without secrecy or other reserves
* De Quincey
*: The foppery of an exoteric and esoteric doctrine.
*this motive appears to have been always exoteric, namely [..]
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