Ex`o-tēr'ic or Ex`o-tēr'ic-al, a.

a. [Gr. ἐξωτερικός, from ἔξω, outside; Fr. exotérique.] External; public; suitable to be imparted to the public; hence, capable of being readily or fully comprehended;—opposed to esoteric, or secret.

He has ascribed to Kant the foppery of an exoteric and esoteric doctrine. De Quincey.