exotérico

See also: exoterico

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin exōtericus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτερῐκός (exōterĭkós).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zoˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zoˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zoˈtɛ.ɾi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zuˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/, /e.zɔˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɛɾiku
• Homophone: esotérico
• Hyphenation: e‧xo‧té‧ri‧co

Adjective

exotérico (feminine exotérica, masculine plural exotéricos, feminine plural exotéricas)

1. exoteric (said of a philosophical doctrine intended to be expounded in public)

   Antonym: esotérico

2. common, vulgar

   Antonym: esotérico

Usage notes

The words exotérico and esotérico, despite being antonyms, are homophones in Portuguese. In order to differentiate them, the former might be pronounced with /ks/ rather than /z/.

Further reading

• “exotérico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “exotérico” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “exotérico”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “exotérico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “exotérico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “exotérico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exōtericus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτερικός (exōterikós), from ἐξωτέρω (exōtérō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsoˈteɾiko/ [eɣ̞.soˈt̪e.ɾi.ko]
• Rhymes: -eɾiko
• Syllabification: e‧xo‧té‧ri‧co

Adjective

exotérico (feminine exotérica, masculine plural exotéricos, feminine plural exotéricas)

1. exoteric

   Antonym: esotérico

Further reading

• “exotérico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024