Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
suitable for the general public;
- Example: "writings of an exoteric nature"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exoteric \Ex`o*ter"ic\, Exoterical \Ex`o*ter"ic*al\a. [L.
exotericus, Gr. ? fr. ? out: cf. F. exot['e]rique. See Ex-]
External; public; suitable to be imparted to the public;
hence, capable of being readily or fully comprehended; --
opposed to esoteric, or secret.
[1913 Webster]
The foppery of an exoteric and esoteric doctrine. --De
Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exoteric
adj 1: suitable for the general public; "writings of an exoteric
nature" [ant: esoteric]