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esoteric

Known or practiced by a small, select group within a religious, philosophical, or spiritual tradition, rather than openly taught to everyone.

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
ethnicity

A social group whose members share a common cultural background, ancestry, language, history, or traditions.

Noun group_people Level 1060
euthanasia

The act of deliberately ending a person's life, usually to relieve severe and incurable suffering.

Noun legal_concept Level 1060
evangelical

Relating to or in accordance with the Christian gospel, especially emphasizing personal faith, conversion, and the authority of the Bible.

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
fallacy

An error in reasoning that makes an argument logically invalid or misleading.

Noun concept_idea Level 1060
fasting

The act or practice of deliberately abstaining from food, and sometimes drink, for a period of time, often for religious, health, or medical reasons.

Noun activity Level 1060
globalization

The process by which businesses, economies, cultures, and societies become increasingly connected and interdependent across national borders.

Noun process_event Level 1060
hadith

a recorded saying or act of Muhammad, used as a source of Islamic law

halal

permitted under Islamic law, especially of food

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
hierarchical

Organized into levels of rank, authority, importance, or complexity, with higher levels above or controlling lower ones.

Adjective spatial_orientation Level 1060
humanistic

Relating to human beings, their nature, welfare, or values, especially emphasizing human dignity and potential.

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
humanitarian

Concerned with improving human welfare and relieving suffering, especially by providing aid to people affected by war, disaster, or poverty.

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
humanitarian

A person devoted to promoting human welfare and relieving human suffering, especially through charitable or aid work.

Noun human Level 1060
idealism

A philosophical doctrine holding that reality, knowledge, or objects of experience are fundamentally dependent on the mind, ideas, or consciousness.

Noun knowledge_domain Level 1060
idealism

The practice of forming or pursuing ideals, especially by seeking perfection or relying on high-minded principles rather than practical considerations...

Noun mental_construct Level 1060
inclusive

Including everyone or everything concerned, without leaving anyone or anything out.

Adjective quality Level 1060
innate

Existing in a person or thing from birth or from the beginning, rather than acquired through experience or learning.

Adjective biological_type Level 1060
insight

A clear and deep understanding of a person, situation, or subject, especially one gained through careful thought or experience.

Noun knowledge_domain Level 1060
jinn

a spirit of Islamic belief, able to appear in human or animal form

Noun human Level 1060
kosher

prepared according to Jewish dietary law

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
liberalism

A political and social philosophy that emphasizes individual freedom, equal rights, democracy, and limits on government power.

Noun knowledge_domain Level 1060
libertarian

Relating to or characteristic of libertarian political beliefs, especially strong individual liberty, limited government, and free markets.

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
libertarian

A person who advocates or supports libertarianism, emphasizing individual freedom, limited government, and free markets.

Noun human Level 1060
liturgical

Relating to a prescribed form or set of rites used in public religious worship.

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
liturgy

A prescribed set of forms, prayers, readings, and ceremonies used in public Christian worship.

Noun social_institution Level 1060
mantra

a word or phrase repeated in meditation or prayer

metaphysical

Concerned with realities or forces believed to exist beyond the physical or observable world, often involving spirituality or supernatural ideas.

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
metaphysics

The branch of philosophy concerned with the fundamental nature of reality, existence, being, causation, time, and space.

Noun knowledge_domain Level 1060
methodological

Relating to a method or methods, especially a systematic way of conducting research or analysis.

Adjective purpose Level 1060
monastic

Relating to monks, nuns, or life in a monastery.

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
monism

The philosophical or metaphysical view that reality is ultimately unified and consists of one fundamental substance, principle, or kind of being.

Noun concept_idea Level 1060
monotheistic

Believing in, relating to, or characterized by belief in one god.

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
mystical

Relating to or involving a direct, personal experience of spiritual reality or divine truth that is beyond ordinary human understanding.

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
mystical

Belonging to or characteristic of a mystic or mysticism, especially a person who seeks union with the divine through spiritual contemplation.

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
mythology

The study or scholarly interpretation of myths and mythic traditions.

Noun knowledge_domain Level 1060
mythology

A collection of traditional stories about gods, heroes, and supernatural beings, especially those belonging to a particular culture, religion, or hist...

Noun collection_things Level 1060
nirvana

the release from suffering and rebirth sought in Buddhism

Noun abstract_condition Level 1060
normative

Establishing, prescribing, or expressing a standard of what should be done or what is considered acceptable, rather than merely describing what is the...

Adjective legal Level 1060
ontology

The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of being, existence, and reality.

Noun knowledge_domain Level 1060
organizational

Relating to the act or process of arranging people, tasks, or resources into an orderly and effective system.

Adjective purpose Level 1060
orthodox

Conforming to established beliefs, customs, rules, or accepted standards, especially in religion or tradition.

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
personality

The distinctive combination of thoughts, feelings, and behavior that makes a person individual.

Noun mental_construct Level 1060
phenomenology

The philosophical study of conscious experience as it is directly lived and perceived, typically describing the structures of experience without assum...

Noun knowledge_domain Level 1060
positivism

A philosophical system asserting that genuine knowledge is based on observable, empirical facts and scientific methods, rather than metaphysical specu...

Noun knowledge_domain Level 1060
rabbi

a Jewish religious leader and teacher of the law

Noun human Level 1060
rabbinic

of rabbis or the Jewish legal tradition they developed

Adjective belief_cultural Level 1060
rationalism

A philosophical belief that reason and logical thought are the primary sources of knowledge, often regarded as more reliable than sensory experience o...

Noun knowledge_domain Level 1060
rebirth

The act or process of being born again; a new birth.

Noun process_event Level 1060
schism

A serious disagreement that divides a group, organization, or community into opposing factions.

Noun social_institution Level 1060
security

Freedom from danger, threat, or harm.

Noun abstract_condition Level 1060