See esoteric in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical",
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"sense": "having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical",
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"sense": "having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical",
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