HERMETIC Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

hermetic

adjective

(ˌ)hər-ˈme-tik

variants also hermetical

Definition of hermetic

as in esoteric

difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand wrote hermetic poetry whose sole intended readership was himself

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Recent Examples of hermetic And since the movie is premiering at Sundance, it’s probably destined to be praised in a way that overshadows its quality of hermetic gloom. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026 But if the hotel has made the town enticing to a new kind of visitor—say, one who appreciates the convenience of its helipad—the property has none of the hermetic insularity of a traditional resort. — David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025 The filmmaker instead evokes his earlier work—namely Dogtooth and The Killing of a Sacred Deer—combining the mannered, hermetic bleakness of those tales with the befuddled existentialism of a Samuel Beckett play. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025 The reading room is hermetic, restrained—the only sounds inside are whispered checkout requests and the fluttering of old pages. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hermetic

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Baseball is a sport that thrives on statistics, no matter how esoteric, but there appears to be no record of a professional baseball player previously wearing a mechanical watch during a game.

— Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The rereleased games are fascinatingly esoteric, too, including the GBC versions of Croc, Croc 2, Earthworm Jim, and the Japan-only GB shmup, Chikyu Kaiho Gun Zas.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of esoteric

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There’s maybe something profound happening onstage, a celebration of — not to get too corny — life itself, between you and the fans.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2026
But Tanaka’s lab is already considering a much weirder and potentially more profound implication.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026

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