Esoteric and Hidden

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Esoteric adjective - Not known or meant to be known by the general populace.

Usage example: must have had some esoteric motive for leaving his art collection to a museum halfway around the globe

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Hidden is a synonym for esoteric in complex topic. In some cases you can use "Hidden" instead an adjective "Esoteric", when it comes to topics like obscure, mysterious, mystical.

Hidden adjective - Screened or sequestered from view.

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Esoteric is a synonym for hidden in mysterious topic. You can use "Esoteric" instead an adjective "Hidden", if it concerns topics such as mystical, unseen.

All Myths Are True: If there's some instance of rumor, superstition, or legend in this world, it's taken as fact (if esoteric and very easily hidden or mistaken fact) in the universe of the book.

Source: Literature / What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse
Ancient Conspiracy: A secret society consisting of otherwise unrelated individuals who pursue some (possibly esoteric) goals that, as the name implies, is pretty old (likely going back to The Knights Templar, The Illuminati, etc.), and very, very well-hidden.

Source: The Conspiracy

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