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hermeticism

[hur-met-uh-siz-uhm] / hɜrˈmɛt əˌsɪz əm /
NOUN
occult sciences
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On the other hand, the hermeticism of the action in “Parabellum” is what lends it an uncanny paranoiac frisson.

From The New Yorker • May 17, 2019

Durant is the most self-conscious star in the league, and he inhabits that particular space with ascetic hermeticism.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2019

Fashionistas wield their knowledge with more than a touch of condescending hermeticism.

From Slate • May 17, 2018

Yet the glossy hermeticism and theatrical realism of many older, ostensibly classic movies have dated terribly and reflect the very exclusions and compromises of the system that produced them.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 8, 2015

As art, it’s no great shakes, but in some essential way it brings her out of hiding, out of the aura of hermeticism she built around herself, and makes her real.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2010




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