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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-605/
- Published: 2026-04-13T18:15:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-13T18:15:31.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

exoteric (adjective) -

1a: suitable to be imparted to the public  
b: belonging to the outer or less initiate circle  
2: relating to the outside : external

Source : [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exoteric?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Exoteric derives from Latin exotericus, which is itself from Greek exōterikos, meaning "external," and ultimately from exō, meaning "outside." Exō has a number of offspring in English, including exotic, exonerate, exorbitant, and the combining form exo- or ex- (as in exoskeleton and exobiology). The antonym of exoteric is esoteric, meaning "designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone"; it descends from the Greek word for "within," esō.

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