Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Abstruse; pertaining to deep learning: opposed to exoteric.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the
esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from hisexoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.
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- adjective
abstruse ,esoteric - adjective
oral ; intended forlisteners ; applied to the esoteric teachings ofAristotle , those intended for his genuinedisciples , in distinction from hisexoteric or public doctrines
Etymologies
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Examples
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The former -- discursive proofs -- ought to be termed acroamatic proofs, rather than demonstrations, as only words are employed in them, while demonstrations proper, as the term itself indicates, always require a reference to the intuition of the object.
The Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant 1764
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n. - doctrine denying existence of universe distinct from God. acosmist, acroamatic adj. - esoteric, told only orally. acrocephalic
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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"We, who must be permitted to regard this phenomenon merely as an educational institution, will then inform the inquiring foreigner that what is called 'culture' in our universities merely proceeds from the mouth to the ear, and that every kind of training for culture is, as I said before, merely 'acroamatic.'
On the Future of our Educational Institutions Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872
whichbe commented on the word acroamatic
Esoteric, told only orally. (Luciferous Logolepsy)
May 16, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word acroamatic
JM likes the progression from matters acroamatic to acroatic matters
October 26, 2009