exoteric

1. 1.

   suitable for the general public

   “writings of an exoteric nature”

   Antonymsesoteric

Questions about exoteric

What does exoteric mean?

exoteric means "suitable for the general public".

How many syllables are in exoteric?

exoteric has 4 syllables and divides as ex-o-te-ric under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of exoteric?

The recorded antonyms are esoteric.

Is exoteric a common word?

exoteric is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.