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The artist and intrepid snack hider now runs a gallery in Bushwick that’s known for in-yer-face esoterica.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026 The first two recuperation modes feel like training-wheel settings to help hybrid novices learn the segment's esoterica.—
Jonathon Ramsey,
Car and Driver,
2 Dec. 2020 Sorting through all these rates is not merely an exercise in banking esoterica.—The Economist,
2 Apr. 2020 How else to explain Alan Gershwin’s encyclopedic knowledge of Gershwin lore and esoterica and a Manhattan apartment made uninhabitable by heaps of Gershwin detritus?—
David Margolick,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2018 And that means hours-long hearings delving into the esoterica of various state laws.—
Dan Sweeney,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
25 Oct. 2017
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek esōterika, neuter plural of esōterikos