- understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite: poetry full of esoteric allusions.
- belonging to the select few.
- private; secret; confidential.
- (of a philosophical doctrine or the like) intended to be revealed only to the initiates of a group: the esoteric doctrines of Pythagoras.
- restricted to or intended for an enlightened or initiated minority, esp because of abstruseness or obscurity
- difficult to understand; abstruse
- not openly admitted; private
