The Collaborative International Dictionary
Esotericism \Es`o*ter"i*cism\, n. Esoteric doctrine or principles.
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n. 1 The tendency to promote or desire the esoteric. 2 Doctrines or practices of esoteric knowledge.
Usage examples of "esotericism".
Her supporters soon dwindled, taking refuge in a form of extreme esotericism appreciated by a handful of esoteric people.
He felt she was undignified, she put a sort of vulgarity over the esotericism which gave man his last distinction.
But when practical politicians and power seekers go in for esotericism, the results are apt to be dangerous.
And indeed in the Heian period the exceptional visual attraction of the mandalas and other Shingon icons greatly helped to endear esotericism to the Kyoto courtiers, who were finely sensitive to beauty in all its forms.
And indeed in the Heian period the exceptional visual attraction of the mandalas and other Shingon icons greatly helped to endear esotericism to the Kyoto courtiers, who were finely sensitive to beauty in all its forms.
Buddhist enlightenment by their own efforts, as had the followers of Hinayana and even of the Maha-yanist sects of Shingon and Tendai esotericism.
Shingon that, in order to meet the competition, the Tendai sect also evolved a form of esotericism.