EXOTERIC Antonyms

• requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

• difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

• of an obscure nature

• having a secret or hidden meaning

• having a puzzling terseness

• of an obscure nature

• having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

• not clearly expressed or understood

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• difficult to find

• not famous or acclaimed

• not drawing attention

• remote and separate physically or socially

• make less visible or unclear

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• make unintelligible or unclear

• reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

• involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

• of or relating to the cerebrum or brain

• excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority

• a news report that is reported first by one news organization

• not divided or shared with others

• not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective