exoteric

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Through his prodding, I began to reconnect with the exoteric, crowd-pleasing Hollywood films I loved growing up.

From Salon

The chief Gnostic sects held as secret their essential doctrines, and at the same time they had an exoteric statement which they gave to the common people.

From Project Gutenberg

Communicated orally; oral; Ð applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally.

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This allegation I will further elucidate in this exoteric discussion: and the only way to do so is to set down the evidence.

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The only one which I could then comprehend was exoteric; that which was known to my elders was the esoteric meaning.

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