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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
On Ohio Players, the often hermetic duo brought in collaborators like Beck, Dan the Automator, and Noel Gallagher to add some new flavors to their signature high-definition garage-rock.
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
But the sound is less hermetic, more emotionally forward, rooted in the physical now.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 9 July 2025
The comparisons are mostly unflattering to The Phoenician Scheme, which is neither as touching nor as joyful as those earlier films, choked by the hermetic tidiness that occasionally haunts Anderson’s work.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2025
In this episode, the ladies finally move out of their hermetic bubble of giggles and gossip and start trying to engage more with their surroundings.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
But the sound is less hermetic, more emotionally forward, rooted in the physical now.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 9 July 2025
The comparisons are mostly unflattering to The Phoenician Scheme, which is neither as touching nor as joyful as those earlier films, choked by the hermetic tidiness that occasionally haunts Anderson’s work.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2025
In this episode, the ladies finally move out of their hermetic bubble of giggles and gossip and start trying to engage more with their surroundings.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hermetic
esoteric
Adjective
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From slasher homages like Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue to esoteric but no less worthy films like Belladonna of Sadness, these works possess a power to shock and terrify.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Other of these esoteric features might actually be worth seeking out.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Hermetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermetic. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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