Esoteric and Facile

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Esoteric adjective - Difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand.

Usage example: metaphysics is such an esoteric subject that most people are content to leave it to the philosophers

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Facile is an antonym for esoteric.

Facile adjective - Having or showing a lack of depth of understanding or character.

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Esoteric is an antonym for facile.

Archer dismisses this as "a facile argument" and Woodhouse chimes in that it's "also woefully esoteric".

Source: Lampshaded the Obscure Reference

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