esoteric subject

collocation in English

meaningsofesotericandsubject

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esoteric
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.səˈter.ɪk/us
/ˌes.əˈter.ɪk/
very unusual and understood or liked by only a small number of people, especially those with ...
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subject
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/us
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
the thing that is being discussed, considered, ...
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(Definition ofesotericandsubjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Each has made its perhapsesotericsubjectinteresting and accessible to a broad readership.
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But is he aware that this is a ratheresotericsubject?
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His first query concerned the somewhatesotericsubjectof corporal punishment in schools.
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It is a fairly boring andesotericsubject.
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It may well be that three or four or five departments in someesotericsubjectwill be needed in three or four or five universities.
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However, no doubt further debates will elucidate thisesotericsubject.
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Although this seems to be an extremelyesotericsubject, there could be no better day on which to have this debate.
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It is a good thing that public expenditure is no longer anesotericsubjectfor specialists.
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As politics go, this is a comparativelyesotericsubject.
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However, it is a far fromesotericsubject.
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Despite his deep knowledge of what is still anesotericsubject, he could not be accused of being the proverbial anorak.
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And yet it is a complicated andesotericsubject.
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I was one of those who read anesotericsubjectat university.
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This is anesotericsubjectbut the point must be looked at.
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First, we have to ask ourselves why we have sought so persistently for this debate on this somewhatesotericsubject.
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To many this is a veryesotericsubjectand it is an area which is exceedingly difficult.
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There are many trade associations which understand these affairs; there are a number of intelligent companies which understand them; but it is a fairlyesotericsubject.
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It is a ratheresotericsubject.
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Area cost adjustment is regarded as a somewhatesotericsubject.
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Here is an informed opinion from a man who was a major politician and who took an active interest in his work in a ratheresotericsubject.
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