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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That's an important, if esoteric, distinction, as Asus already claimed the first RGB OLED gaming monitor (the ROG Swift PG34WCDN), and LG called dibs on the world’s first 39-inch 5K2K OLED gaming monitor with the GX9.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026
Even though Truell was then chasing an esoteric idea around AI for CAD, Tisch and the partners at BoxGroup listened.

— Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of esoteric

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The authors argue that this has profound implications for composite materials in general.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Twenty-nine years have passed since then, yet the memory of the princess—an empathetic woman who defied convention, vulnerable yet rebellious, and imbued with a profound humanity—remains vivid and very much alive in the eyes of the entire world.

— Laura Scafati, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026

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