exoteric

[ek-suh-ter-ik] / ˌɛk səˈtɛr ɪk /

ADJECTIVE

exterior

Synonyms

STRONGEST

external outdoor outer

STRONG

extraterrestrial over peripheral surface

WEAK

extraneous extraterritorial extrinsic foreign marginal outermost outlying outmost outward superficial

Antonyms

STRONG

central

WEAK

interior middle

ADJECTIVE

outer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exterior outlying

WEAK

alien beyond extraneous extrinsic outermost outmost outside outward over peripheral remote superficial surface without

Antonyms

STRONGEST

central middle

WEAK

inner interior

Example Sentences

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As role model, sheds a dim light, His pick exoteric Gave us Bernie Kerik, Still ready, it seems, to incite.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2010

In solving this affair, the Bishop had recourse to the more exoteric passages of his criminal literature.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the exoteric doings of the human race were the following: Gilbert Murray.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hitherto they had been exoteric and profane; now they had become esoteric and holy.

From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Wright, Dudley

This Marquis, though he had his exoteric politics, had his esoteric feelings.

From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony