Word: esotericism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This increasingly esoteric vocabulary contributes to popular anti-scientific sentiment, whether on Mass. Ave. or on Capitol Hill. While non-scientists may be willing to support federal cancer research grants, they are unlikely to want $3 billion of taxpayer funds to go toward the often controversial Human Genome Project if...
Like the enigmatic emblem that serves as its title, the album, which its creator describes as "rock soap opera," flirts with esoteric meanings as it chronicles the love affair between a pop superstar named Prince and the princess of a fictional Middle Eastern kingdom. Still struggling to reconcile his animal...
The Sontag of the 60's was an observer and analyst of the avant-garde, a cultural critic that showed us ourselves. She always learned toward the esoteric. Who would have guessed a generation of trendy academics would make the formerly well-known story of Sir William Hamilton obscure?
This lack of a firmly established insider's jargon makes the sport surprisingly accessible to newcomers. There is no esoteric nomenclature to be committed to memory before truly understanding rollerblading. Anyone can talk about it.
Kevin says that he is aware that poetry has become something of an academic property. he admits that it has become the most esoteric of all the genres, and the least widely read. He sees this academic hierarchy as somewhat ironic, because 'it's the backward order of what people...