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hermeticism

[hur-met-uh-siz-uhm] / hɜrˈmɛt əˌsɪz əm /
NOUN
occult sciences
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Durant is the most self-conscious star in the league, and he inhabits that particular space with ascetic hermeticism.

From Slate Apr. 18, 2019

I still admire it, but I can’t not be aware that its hermeticism has a smaller fan base in 2019.

From The New Yorker Jan. 28, 2019

Fashionistas wield their knowledge with more than a touch of condescending hermeticism.

From Slate May 17, 2018

There are those who accuse Ozick of narrowness, of the very hermeticism she herself warns against, and “Critics, Monsters, Fanatics” is unlikely to put this line of argument to rest.

From New York Times Jun. 23, 2016

Yet the glossy hermeticism and theatrical realism of many older, ostensibly classic movies have dated terribly and reflect the very exclusions and compromises of the system that produced them.

From The New Yorker Jul. 8, 2015




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