say it: es-uh-TER-ik
esoteric is an adjective meaning "confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle". It carries one recorded sense.
confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
“a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for esoteric come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.