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her·me·tism | \ ˈhər-mə-ˌti-zəm 
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\Definition of hermetism
1a : a system of ideas based on hermetic teachings
b : adherence to or practice of hermetic doctrine
2 : the practice of being hermetically mysterious
it is not … willful hermetism, if the message of their art is veiled and indirect— R. J. Goldwater
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