mystagogueryn.
/ˈmɪstəɡɒɡ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈmɪstəˌɡɑɡ(ə)ri/ Initiation into mysteries; instruction in arcane knowledge preparatory to such initiation. Often derogatory with suggestion of obscurantism, charlatanism, etc.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [noun] > initiation into mysteries
mystagoguery1927
1927 Observer 17 July 6 The mystagoguery of weak human beings.
1937 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 2 345 Mystagoguery and pedantocracy was as much a part of the life of the Chinese world of learning as elsewhere.
1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Jan. 4/5 But mystagoguery like this will not earn for Indian art the friends it so much needs.
1977 It June 2/3 Anarchism has got nothing to do with such bafflegab mystagoguery as ‘the common source of all energy’.
1983 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 44 130 In the opening verses of Genesis..God does not erupt upon a world already formed but (without any sign of struggle or mystagoguery) creates the world as a coherent and..praiseworthy whole.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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