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also hermetical
as in esoteric
difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand
wrote hermetic poetry whose sole intended readership was himself
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Recent Examples of hermetic
The filmmaker instead evokes his earlier work—namely Dogtooth and The Killing of a Sacred Deer—combining the mannered, hermetic bleakness of those tales with the befuddled existentialism of a Samuel Beckett play.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
Despite appearances to the contrary—the swirling sentences, the feverish intellection—there is nothing hermetic about Krasznahorkai’s work, both old and new, which squarely faces contemporary European reality and its perils, including the tortured dynamics of settlement, movement, and identity.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2025
But even in their most hermetic iterations, these stories carry with them the weight of an incredibly tumultuous quarter-century.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2025
The reading room is hermetic, restrained—the only sounds inside are whispered checkout requests and the fluttering of old pages.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2025
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
Despite appearances to the contrary—the swirling sentences, the feverish intellection—there is nothing hermetic about Krasznahorkai’s work, both old and new, which squarely faces contemporary European reality and its perils, including the tortured dynamics of settlement, movement, and identity.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2025
But even in their most hermetic iterations, these stories carry with them the weight of an incredibly tumultuous quarter-century.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2025
The reading room is hermetic, restrained—the only sounds inside are whispered checkout requests and the fluttering of old pages.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hermetic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hermetic
Adjective
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Though historically unfounded, this assertion electrified European esoteric circles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Feldmann learned all this esoteric repertory in just a week (after Justin Austin dropped out on account of illness), making his achievement somewhat heroic.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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When looking at the entire population, these circadian rhythm disruptions may have profound effects.—
Jamie Ducharme,
Health,
5 Mar. 2026
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These conditions, such as movement disorders and neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease, often impair essential functions like movement, speech, and swallowing, leading to a profound loss of independence.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Hermetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermetic. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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