exotericaladj.
/ɛksəʊˈtɛrɪkəl/ = exoteric adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > [adjective] > generally intelligible
popular1573
exoterical1637
vulgar1643
exoteric1656
simplified1772
popularized1839
while-you-wait1929
pop1956
1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices Pref. Two sorts, one exotericall, which is in common and civill use.
a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 159 Aristotle was wont to divide his lectures..into Acroamatical, and Exoterical.
a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Wks. (1754) IV. 235 Exoterical, or public doctrines.
1827 R. Whately Elem. Logic Introd. p.v A loose, vague, and popular kind of language; such as would be the best suited indeed to an exoterical discourse.
1858 R. A. Vaughan Ess. & Remains I. 32 His partisans have resorted in his defence to his exoterical writings.
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