es|o|ter|i|cism

es|o|ter|i|cism
es|o|ter|i|cism «EHS uh TEHR uh sihz uhm», noun.
esoteric doctrine or tendency: »

The statistician finds great difficulty in explaining to a layman the scope of his job … chiefly because of the barrier caused by the esotericism of the language of statistics (J. A. Nelder).


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  • esotericism — es·o·ter·i·cism …   English syllables

  • exotericism — ex·o·ter·i·cism …   English syllables

  • o — abi·o·log·i·cal; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; ac·an·thol·o·gy; ac·an·thop·o·dous; acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; acar·i·o·sis;… …   English syllables

  • es — es·cha·ra; es·chat·o·col; es·chat·o·log·i·cal; es·cha·tol·o·gist; es·cha·tol·o·gy; es·cheat·able; es·cheat·or; es·chew; es·chew·al; es·chy·nite; es·clandre; es·cla·vage; es·co·bi·lla; es·co·bi·ta; es·co·lar; es·con·son; es·co·pe·ta; es·co·pette;… …   English syllables

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  • ta — ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·sen·ta·tion; abu·ta; ac·cep·ta·tion; ac·cli·ma·ta·tion; ac·cred·i·ta·tion; ac·er·a·ta; ac·e·ta·tion; ac·e·ta·to ; ach·e·ta; achor·da·ta; acoe·lo·ma·ta; acra·ni·a·ta; ac·ro·tre·ta; ac·ta; ac·ti·no·my·ce·ta·ce·ae;… …   English syllables

  • mat — ach·ro·mat; ach·ro·mat·ic; achro·mat·o·cyte; ac·ous·mat·ic; ac·ro·a·mat·ic; ac·ro·a·mat·ics; ac·ro·mon·o·gram·mat·ic; ag·al·mat·o·lite; ag·ro·cli·mat·ic; al·lo·chro·mat·ic; al·lo·se·mat·ic; amag·mat·ic; am·bly·chro·mat·ic; am·phi·sto·mat·ic;… …   English syllables

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