HERMETISM


Meaning of HERMETISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhər-mə-ˌti-zəm ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized

Date: 1897

1.

a. : a system of ideas based on hermetic teachings

b. : adherence to or practice of hermetic doctrine

2. : the practice of being hermetically mysterious

it is not…willful hermetism , if the message of their art is veiled and indirect — R. J. Goldwater

• her·me·tist -mə-tist noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.